On Nov 28, 2007, at 7:58 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > At 04:21 AM Wednesday 11/28/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > >> Maybe that's why Clinton was better than Bush II...
A better driver? I don't have any data on that. My own personal feelings on the matter of notwithstanding, I think the jury is still out for some Americans whether Clinton I was a better president than Bush II. Of course, some Americans still think there was a link between Iraq and 9/11. Evidently, some Americans couldn't find their own asses with both hands and a map. >> A massive 1998 study by the University of Adelaide and Transport >> South >> Australia examined blood samples from drivers involved in 2,500 >> accidents. It found that drivers with only cannabis in their systems >> were slightly less likely to cause accidents than those without. >> Drivers with both marijuana and alcohol did have a high accident >> responsibility rate. > > So presumably the decrease in accident rate due to cannabis alone > is not > enough to offset the increase due to alcohol alone, and leaving > unstated > whether accident rate (marijuana + EtOH) = accident rate (EtOH > alone) or > accident rate (marijuana + EtOH) > accident rate (EtOH alone). Or, for the sake of completeness: accident rate (THC + EtOH) < accident rate (EtOH alone)? It was not clear to me whether the beneficial effects of THC were able to compensate for some of the deleterious effects of EtOH, but that would be a nice finding. >> The report concluded, "there was no indication >> that marijuana by itself was a cause of fatal accidents." > > But does it increase the risk when used in conjunction with other > drugs? 'Cuz in my admittedly limited observation of such things > there appear to be a number of people who use both at the same time > or nearly so (IOW they may finish the beer and then light up or > something like that). Another question is based on the observation > that people who drink alcohol do not always refrain from doing so > when they are taking Rx or OTC medications and that sometimes alcohol > and the other medication react synergistically to frex make the > person significantly more drowsy than s/he would be on either alcohol > alone or the medication alone. Does marijuana have a similar effect > when mixed with other things the person may already be taking? This brings to mind the long-standing question, what is the big deal about marijuana, anyway? America, anyway, has had this stupid Reefer Madness mentality for far too long, especially given that a far, far more dangerous drug is available in numerous forms at the supermarket or neighborhood liquor store. Not to say that I would replace my consumption of "drink responsibly" quantities of that dangerous drug with marijuana, because I don't want to fsck up my lungs. My mother and brother were both killed by lung cancer, so I suspect I should keep mine clean for as long as I can. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
