New Years - Hundreds of people dead caused by legal drug

[greenhead]

Did anybody die from weed on New Years Eve ? Thought not, lol. And why is it illegal again ?

But hundreds of people (probably thousands worldwide) are now dead and probably many more injured for life. This was all caused by the fully legal drug called Alcohol which anybody of legal age (and very often, under legal age) can purchase virtually everywhere.

Drunk-driving deaths high New Year's Eve

http://www.upi.com/Consumer_Health_.../drunkdriving_deaths_high_new_years_eve/1938/

Somebody probably got hit by some drunk driving moron in the time that it took to read this post.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

thats just the 135 that died imediately, what about the damage to the things such as family, health, mental.
ive seen people OD in the headlines, just not for MJ.

 

[Stoner4Life]

I don't say shyt to be popular & so.......

I don't say shyt to be popular & so.......

I'm gonna say this about booze, beer, any alcohol at all. This shyt is so deadly that it shouldn't be sold to people based upon age, no. It needs to be sold to people based on their IQ score.

That's right, alcohol shouldn't be sold to any of the dimwits out there....... they drink to excess, beat their wives and children, destroy property (hit & run fender benders etc...), rape their dates, puke & urinate in public.......
The fvcking list just goes on and on, name something bad and you can amplify it when booze is involved. And just because you're smart doesn't mean you can hold your liquor any better, no! But it is a place to start.

 

[SoEx]

Drunk driving really makes my blood boil.

As everyone knows there's a long standing, hypocritical double-standard when it comes to cannabis versus alcohol.

 

[George Hayduke]

this is why i only drink at home now and avoid roads at night. i don't drive at night because i am scared of drunk drivers and this is when they are usually on the road. there are a lot of them around here and this is no exaggeration. i've known people who were intoxicated and killed themselves, someone else, or both multiple times.
i agree on the IQ test, although many years ago i would of failed it. i should be wrapped around a tree trunk but i got lucky and learned my lesson the easy way. i had friends die. sounds like the hard way.... nah, the hard way is dying yourself.

 

[guineapig]

This issue really tears my soul apart, as i have had a few really good friends die as a result of being hit by drunk drivers......i know each life matters equally, but one of these people was an absolute genius, incredibly bright Ivy-League student whose life was cut short at the age of 19 just because he happened to be driving at the exact same moment as a drunk driver......

Having been persecuted to the limits of my sanity by draconian cannabis laws, i sometimes find it difficult to speak about this issue......really, the majority of alcohol users use their drug responsibly, i believe this is true.....however, there is a group of people out there who will never ever stop drinking, even when they get behind the wheel of an automobile.....these people wreak absolute havoc on society, yet people seem to somehow accept all the deaths and property damage as if it were just a natural consequence of living in a "free society"......

Has anyone seen the anti-cannabis advert where teenagers smoke a joint and then run over the little girl riding a bicycle??? Every time i see that advertisement i want to smash the television because it portrays a blatantly false reality and wastes our time when they could be just showing us a list of Drunk Driving statistics....

I could go on but i won't......again, know that my fury is aimed at chronic alcoholic drunk-drivers, not at people who drink a glass of wine or a nice belgian beer every now and then.....

kind regards from a guineapig