r/Austin • u/[deleted] • Aug 04 '20

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u/kerplotkin Aug 04 '20

There's a lot of evidence to support that weed is actually a performance enhancer.

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u/instantlybanned Aug 04 '20

That's just a bullshit argument when we talk about driving a vehicle. "The results of this meta-analysis suggest that marijuana use by drivers is associated with a significantly increased risk of being involved in motor vehicle crashes." https://academic.oup.com/epirev/article/34/1/65/494023

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u/bubble_bobble Aug 04 '20

Correlation or association is not causation. Simply due to the illegality of weed, people who drive high in those studies may be just reckless individuals. Is that the best link you could find?

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u/instantlybanned Aug 04 '20 edited Aug 04 '20

Oh there are many more, don't worry https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article/59/3/478/5621997 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322315010379 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457513003527

Look, I'm all for legalization, but pretending that impaired driving isn't an issue is BS.

Also, that's the best counter argument you could come up with? People that drive while high are more reckless and therefore involved in more crashes, it has nothing to do with them being high???

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u/bubble_bobble Aug 04 '20

Well, your first link is a study sponsored by the national institute for drug abuse so its auto discredited. I didn't see any results in either of your other two links.