yeah, you guys surely rock
and i wasn't happy with phreex (i assume it was him) closing that thread in "other drugs" pleo provided a link to above. i didn't get a chance to refute his fucked-up logic.
something like "people will drive on drugs, you might as well teach them to do it properly". i think that sure, people might drive on drugs, but maybe if they hear things like this they might not. and just because it's common doesn't mean it's ok.
this may sound like a repeat of the drug debate ("people will always use.... harm minimisation"). i'm all for people having choices about using drugs. i think we should have the right to make our own decisions about the substances we use, and a right to knowledge about what we're doing. but driving on drugs goes beyond this, into the realm of encroaching on others' rights to safety and trust of other drivers. an accident when you're driving on drugs isn't really an accident, it's a big fuck-off mistake. and it carries a big fuck-off cloud of guilt with it.
driving is not a right, it's a priviledge that, for the sake of others, shouldn't be abused.
thanks for all your support.
DQ
PS remember the sleep deprivation thing is just as important. powernap... it might save you from a crash.