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Hard News: A Strange Surprise

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  • pollywog,

    i have a comedown time of an hour and a half, during which i try to do nothing especially drive, after a good toke, unless i'm long hauling it and need to refocus/stay awake in which case i pull over, pack a sly cone then hit the road again:)

    somewhere else • Since Dec 2009 • 152 posts Report Reply

  • BenWilson,

    I don't think it's reaction time that's the problem when you're stoned. It's judgment. Judging distances, lines, speed, menaces, etc. Stoners do usually realize this and drive slower, but it's still there. And not all of them drive slower.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 7275 posts Report Reply

  • Geoff Lealand,

    Chop it off, get a new jack... any repair place will be able to do that for peanuts. [quote]
    Ehmm what repair place will do it for "peanuts"?
    Standard minimum charge is often as high as $70.

    Thanks for all the helpful advice. Our local Tiscos have repaired it, for the modest charge of $20.

    Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 1994 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Stoners do usually realize this and drive slower

    You make that sound like a deliberate decision. :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 14726 posts Report Reply

  • BenWilson,

    Yeah, I doubt there's a conscious choice of the safety factors, just a feeling of nervousness caused by the perception that things are going too fast, that leads to excessive slowing. People who are stoned a lot (that I know) tend to recalibrate, although that could just be because they don't get so stoned due to tolerance. Hence the troubles with establishing a safe dosage. In truth, there's nothing safe about it, but in the past it was easy to get away with. It might actually continue to be, except in cases of clear impairment - I'm not sold that the cops can tell who's high just by looking at them, except in a profiley kind of way, which is pretty creepy, really. "He's young and brown, he's probably stoned", isn't really how our Force should be thinking.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 7275 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    Ehmm what repair place will do it for "peanuts"?
    Standard minimum charge is often as high as $70.

    Its just another sort of three pin plug. Init?

    Somewhere North of you • Since Dec 2006 • 4302 posts Report Reply

  • pollywog,

    "He's young and brown, he's probably stoned", isn't really how our Force should be thinking.

    he's middle aged and still has dreadlocks...stoner for sure?

    somewhere else • Since Dec 2009 • 152 posts Report Reply

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