Tony Stewart hits rival driver, kills him in Sprint car race..

[Giller]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

If you are impaired you will not be driving in a race of this type, that requires constant corrections and focusing, against a completely unimpaired professional racing driver. Think about it... You can can't have it both ways.

My reference to other drivers in traffic is to point out that millions of marijuana smokers drive in traffic every single day of the calendar without a pandemic of marijuana driving accidents. Neither do the police perform random urine tests like they perform sobriety tests. In both situations there are quick and cheap devices that can confirm the presence of alcohol or THC. I know because I used to do these, in 5-10 minutes you have a result for cocaine, THC, heroin and probably ecstasy now. Despite years of study and testing no legislation has ever been passed for roadside tests for illicit drug use while driving nor have law enforcement pushed for this. My point isn't to be "pro marijuana legalization". It's to refute what seems like a pretty obvious effort to shift focus off of Stewart.

As to getting out of the car, that was more likely due to his age than the presence of marijuana. There's much research on the inability of young people to maintain rational, clear-minded thought at times of high emotion. It's a neurological development that does not finish until a young person is well into their 20's. There are also individuals with the so called "warrior" gene that pushes them towards danger and aggression during high emotion. THC provoking road rage where the person under this drug runs into traffic? Completely contradictory to what I saw on a daily basis.
We did have people get aggressive and violent, but those were usually cocaine and meth users.

You can't have it both ways either. You say there are people driving all over the place while high - but they don't get in accidents. But then you say the reason KW got out of his car is because of his age....but then if that were the case, we would have young kids causing all sorts of road rage then. Again, where I come from, it happens, but happens just as much with older drivers too.
The fact from what I can see is that KW was high. THC metabolizes very fast. If it still showed in his system at such a high amount, his judgment was impaired. Hence my point - someone should have stopped him. It appears someone dropped the ball here.
Yes, THC mellows you out - but that is still an impairment and does cause different results in different people. We've all seen alcoholics who are even more mellow when they drink and some who fly off the handle. Drugs react differently to different people.