I guess that you don't know what driving under the influence, DUI, means. It is different than driving while intoxicated , DWI , intoxicated is drunk, influence is drugs of some type. Many are arrested and cause accidents that are stoned and are arrested for DUI. So saying that this won't create more accidents isn't very wise.
Again the War on marijuana is idiotic look at what we have accomplished on it. Neutral experts will tell you no where!
Our idiotic government classes marijuana as a class 1 or schedule 1 drug
Schedule I
Schedule I drugs,
substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Schedule I drugs are the most dangerous drugs of all the drug schedules with potentially severe psychological or physical dependence. Some examples of Schedule I drugs are:
heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), methaqualone, and peyote
this BOLD section shows how idiotic it is. that has been proven false and the government isn't budging on it when scientific studies directly contradict it. which is why states are legalizing it. YET even in those states its still a FEDERAL offence. beyond that look at what other drugs are in the catagory.
if you read further alcohol, and tobacco fit the definition of schedule one to a T yet where are they?.
cocaine, methamphetamine, methadone, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), oxycodone (OxyContin), fentanyl, Dexedrine, Adderall, and Ritalin
all of these drugs in the governments eyes are less dangerous than marijuana. do you not see how laughable that is?
the Heath tulane study is the one the government sites to make marijuana illegal in that study
-n a laboratory in New Orleans, rhesus monkeys were forced to smoke the equivalent of two cannabis cigarettes a day for nearly a year. that is what the government says but in reality this is what happened
In the report, Heath concluded that Rhesus monkeys, smoking the equivalent of only 30 joints a day, began to atrophy and die after 90 days [that's 2700 joints, or an average of 1.25 doobies per hour 24 hours a day, for 90 days!]
The Heath "Voodoo" Research methodology, as reported in Playboy: Rhesus monkeys were strapped into a chair and then strapped into gas masks and given the equivalent of 63 Colombian strength joints in "five minutes, thru the gas masks" losing no smoke.
so the government takes the initial study of 5 a day and says it causes brain damage. YET the findings of the study the government uses as its foundation actually gave the animals well over 30 a day. and it was given in the from of smoke ALL IN 5 min. and this was over only 3 months not 1 year as you have heard. this caused lack of oxygen which in return caused the brain damage.
here is clip from the documentary. remember i have cited the governments OWN foundation study even tho this is a pro weed documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRrQWIX2QcA
In October 2003, the federal government awarded the Department of Health and Human Services a patent titled “Cannabinoids as Antioxidants and Neuroprotectants,” which states: “Cannabinoids…are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and HIV dementia.”
the own federal government gave out the award for marijuana. yet keep it as a schedule I drug how can they classify it as one thing yet give out awards showing its medical benifits
1. THC and other plant cannabinoids are not only effective for the management of cancer symptoms (pain, nausea, loss of appetite, fatigue, etc.); they also confer a direct anti-tumoral effect, according to peer-reviewed studies by scientists at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and Complutense University in Madrid, Spain.
2. Investigators at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, found that THC inhibits an enzyme involved in the accumulation of beta amyloid plaque that disrupts communication between brain cells, the hallmark of Alzheimer’s-related dementia.
3. According to researchers at Kings College in London, cannabinoid receptor signaling choreographs neurogenesis (the creation of new brain cells) in adult mammals and also regulates the migration and differentiation of stem cells.
4. Chinese scientists have shown that the painkilling effects of acupuncture are mediated by the same cannabinoid receptors that are activated by THC.
5. Pharmaceutical companies are exploring ways to induce therapeutic outcomes by manipulating levels of the body’s own cannabinoids. Animal studies indicate that it’s possible to attenuate a wide range of pathological conditions (including hypertension, colitis, neuropathic pain and opiate withdrawal) by preventing or delaying the enzymatic breakdown of endogenous cannabinoids.
So all in all the government used a study done in 1974 as there foundation twisted and turned the results lying to the public about it. YET today all the research being done is saying almost the exact opposite. the government puts it at a CLASS 1 drug with no medical use. and very dangerous, to giving out rewards showing for new medical treatment when its administered.
Sources
http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/hemp/prohibition/no-clothes.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/2/newsid_2540000/2540141.stm
http://www.alternet.org/marijuana-miracle-5-exciting-new-discoveries-about-pot
http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/2006/080906.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...tes-growth-of-brain-cells-in-rats-510869.html