people have been driving under the influence of marijuana for decades and society has not demanded law enforcemnt create a dui penalty for this activity. now that the government is being mandated by the citizens to lighten up it's control on marijuana the agencies are stumbling to keep this part of the drug war relevant. this comes in the form of outdated demand by law enforcement for placing dui limits. following this, will there be limits of how much prescription drugs a person can have in their system to drive? how about people who can't drive in rush hour traffic without xanax or valium. the lingering drowsy effects of ativan or the jittery anxiety of adderrol in rush hour traffic. starbucks sells coffee strong enough to cause people to hit and run pedestrians in pasco, idaho. when is the government going to get out of our backseat? never. we're a police state under the false guise of a land of freedom policy paid for by corporations.

it's absurd to try. might as well seek to determine how much coffee or sleep deprivation leads to "impairment." and what about astrological influences? age? a big turkey dinner? ... the assumption that marijuana impairs driving is just that -- an assumption. if, in fact, it did have a statistically noticeable effect, the rabid right would have had no trouble legislating draconian penalties for driving "stoned" years ago. since there is no effect, they haven't been able to do this -- yet. but they'll keep trying: there has to be some quid pro quo, apparently, for decriminalization -- to save face after decades of a racist and massively destructive policy of prohibition -- so we're going to have to pretend it has a negative effect on driving?