I could never support a democrat who supports loan sharks over poor, desperate people

[Warren DeMontague]

35. I agree with all you've said.

I had a friend killed by a drunk driver, so I'm pretty black and white on the idea of people not getting behind the wheel when under the influence of anything.

(Of course, this too to my mind is an argument both for self-driving cars and services like Uber. Back in my drinking days I would have loved to have an service like Uber or lyft, because I took a lot of cabs but the service was atrocious and at times nonexistent)

I do think that the troubling statistics need to be broken down properly- it's not clear that there has been an actual uptick in accidents, more that they're finding THC more frequently. Of course, THC is fat soluble so the mere presence of THC doesn't necessarily imply impairment; no one would rationally argue that 3 weeks after smoking a joint someone is impaired by it. I believe the AAA study acknowledged this as its end conclusion, even though it was presented in some outlets as "epidemic of stoned driving"- what the AAA study really said was, we need better metrics to determine actual impairment.

But yes, legalization is working out down here, too.