I had a seizure while driving. *Update* Just released from hospital

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James Bond

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First, you're an idiot. Second, driving a car really baked isn't any more safe than driving a car really drunk. Impaired is impaired. Finally, you're an idiot.

Uhh, so wrong.

Edit: I'm not saying that driving stoned is safe, but let's get real, driving stoned is NOT nearly as dangerous as driving drunk.
 
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The dude smokes pot. Give him a break. He's not a cracked out, heroin shooting meth head.

I would be much more concerned with them driving than a stoned dude.

Hell, I would be more worried about the thousands(tens of thousands?) of people that are driving around hopped up on prescription medication....

It's quite ironic, really. How many of you are like, "OMGDRUGSWTFDRIVINGBBQ", but wouldn't think twice about taking a benadryl or vicodin or something and hopping in your car?

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PhoKingGuy

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Uhh, so wrong.

Edit: I'm not saying that driving stoned is safe, but let's get real, driving stoned is NOT nearly as dangerous as driving drunk.

Tell that to the dude on campus a few years back who was driving stoned as fuck and somehow got a stop sign impaled through his hood
 

James Bond

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Tell that to the dude on campus a few years back who was driving stoned as fuck and somehow got a stop sign impaled through his hood

Uhh ok. So yes, I'm sure people have died before. All I'm saying is that the amount of serious auto accidents caused by smoking pot is going to be significantly less than those caused by alcohol.

Not even close.
 

Saint Nick

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The dude smokes pot. Give him a break. He's not a cracked out, heroin shooting meth head.

I would be much more concerned with them driving than a stoned dude.

Hell, I would be more worried about the thousands(tens of thousands?) of people that are driving around hopped up on prescription medication....

It's quite ironic, really. How many of you are like, "OMGDRUGSWTFDRIVINGBBQ", but wouldn't think twice about taking a benadryl or vicodin or something and hopping in your car?

This is the point I was trying to make. Fuck the rest of you.
 

Ruptga

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Uhh ok. So yes, I'm sure people have died before. All I'm saying is that the amount of serious auto accidents caused by smoking pot is going to be significantly less than those caused by alcohol.

Not even close.

Just because it's not as bad doesn't mean it's good or acceptable.

I mean I'd rather drink vinegar than turpentine, but really?
 

alkemyst

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yeah it sucks just bought a new iphone 4 the week before, and had a 32gb touch stolen. the sad thing is they had to look for it cause my ipod hookup for my car is under neath the center console, they also took about $10 worth of singles sitting in my centerconsole along with my radar detector and gps . all missing when i went to pickup my car from impound. they made out like bandits.

ORLY? and your clutch...

Did you tell your doctor you are a pot smoker too on all your meds?
 

alkemyst

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Uhh, so wrong.

Edit: I'm not saying that driving stoned is safe, but let's get real, driving stoned is NOT nearly as dangerous as driving drunk.

Depends how stoned you are though....there are far more drinkers than drug users. Assuming your are talking only pot, some people get more affected than others. Still it's such a rarity (and a breathalyzer doesn't test it), most probably have caused some incidents and escaped under the wire.

In the end though even driving drunk is more a media problem than a real one.
 

freejumps

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I guess you do some type of drugs judging by other people's posts? i don't know what you do but i do know from a guy i know who did weed all the time he started getting seizures and finally admitted to the dr. that he did and now hes better. people lie to drs all the time for some stupid ass reason. i bet he asked you if you did any drugs and you lied didn't you heller?
 

Wyndru

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All of Heller's posts turn into marijuana debates, and he doesn't even have his stoner avatar anymore :D
 

James Bond

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I guess you do some type of drugs judging by other people's posts? i don't know what you do but i do know from a guy i know who did weed all the time he started getting seizures and finally admitted to the dr. that he did and now hes better. people lie to drs all the time for some stupid ass reason. i bet he asked you if you did any drugs and you lied didn't you heller?

.... haha
 

wheresmybacon

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I guess you do some type of drugs judging by other people's posts? i don't know what you do but i do know from a guy i know who did weed all the time he started getting seizures and finally admitted to the dr. that he did and now hes better. people lie to drs all the time for some stupid ass reason. i bet he asked you if you did any drugs and you lied didn't you heller?

so much win don't even know where to begin. you sir, win ten thousands internets.
 

olds

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I wasn't going to read a drama queen thread then curiosity got the better of me.
I do have a question though. Did you hit your head pretty hard? Because all the spelling and grammar seem to have leaked out of it.
 

Heller

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I guess you do some type of drugs judging by other people's posts? i don't know what you do but i do know from a guy i know who did weed all the time he started getting seizures and finally admitted to the dr. that he did and now hes better. people lie to drs all the time for some stupid ass reason. i bet he asked you if you did any drugs and you lied didn't you heller?

My doc and psychologist both know i habituallt smoke pot. The don't seem to mind.:thumbsdown:
 

OCGuy

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The funny thing is that here in CA you can go to a Dr. and get prescribed pot for passing out at the wheel (narcolepsy)
 

Heller

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How the fuck are you in college

whats that have to do with anything? i bussed tables since 13 and worked till 19 when i bought my car, i as-well had to borrow some money from my parents too lay out for my tuition,

I might go to a community (was excepted to USF,USF,FSU bot couldent aford the tuition let alone the housing. Oh i've goten nothing lower then a b in my two semsters, and im not ashamed to smoke a blunt everyday on my way too school


so say what you want and how pot is bad for you, get over it guys there or more then a couple million people that smoke on a daily basiis
 

zerocool84

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whats that have to do with anything? i bussed tables since 13 and worked till 19 when i bought my car, i as-well had to borrow some money from my parents too lay out for my tuition,

I might go to a community (was excepted to USF,USF,FSU bot couldent aford the tuition let alone the housing. Oh i've goten nothing lower then a b in my two semsters, and im not ashamed to smoke a blunt everyday on my way too school


so say what you want and how pot is bad for you, get over it guys there or more then a couple million people that smoke on a daily basiis

A couple million people smoke cigarettes and drink too so those must be ok as well. If everyone does it that makes it ok.
 

pmv

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A couple million people smoke cigarettes and drink too so those must be ok as well. If everyone does it that makes it ok.

That's kind of how I feel about cars and driving.

Cars certainly seem pretty damn addictive, entire societies appear to have gotten addicted to them.

If anyone offers you a car, just say no.
 

StageLeft

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so say what you want and how pot is bad for you, get over it guys there or more then a couple million people that smoke on a daily basiis
And more than that alcoholics. You know what both groups are fvcking losers.
 

freejumps

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whats that have to do with anything? i bussed tables since 13 and worked till 19 when i bought my car, i as-well had to borrow some money from my parents too lay out for my tuition,

I might go to a community (was excepted to USF,USF,FSU bot couldent aford the tuition let alone the housing. Oh i've goten nothing lower then a b in my two semsters, and im not ashamed to smoke a blunt everyday on my way too school


so say what you want and how pot is bad for you, get over it guys there or more then a couple million people that smoke on a daily basiis

i was excepted to a lot of colleges too. duke, yale, and cornell to name a few. and i live in a community too. its a nice neighborhood.
 

tcsenter

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The funny thing is that here in CA you can go to a Dr. and get prescribed pot for passing out at the wheel (narcolepsy)
Pot would be contraindicated in narcolepsy or any other disorder of excessive sleepiness, since it would only compound or potentiate sleep. But yeah, you've just described the major flaw of the entire medicinal pot movement - few of these people are being prescribed pot to treat legitimate medical problems. They just going in and saying:

"I have a problem and pot helps it."

"What's the problem?"

"I don't have any pot!"

"OK, here's your 'prescription' for your medical 'problem' (wink wink)."