# I am 19 and got a DUI for weed in MS. I need advice please! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239 "2013-01-06T06:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239/101 "2013-01-09T22:16:25Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > (Does seem to be a bunch of stuff here from that hugely unbiased source NORML that mild cannabis use is not shown to be statisticaly dangerous [http://norml.org/library/item/marijuana-and-driving-a-review-of-the-scientific-evidence](http://norml.org/library/item/marijuana-and-driving-a-review-of-the-scientific-evidence)) To be fair, NORML also states flatly, [No Driving](http://norml.org/about/intro/item/principles-of-responsible-cannabis-use-3#driving). > [@](#): > > Although cannabis is said by most experts to be safer than alcohol and many prescription drugs with motorists, responsible cannabis consumers never operate motor vehicles in an impaired condition. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239/102 "2013-01-09T23:53:32Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > To be fair, NORML also states flatly, [No Driving](http://norml.org/about/intro/item/principles-of-responsible-cannabis-use-3#driving). To be even more fair, those are weasel words. If they wanted to be absolutely clear, they would have said something more like, “…no driving while under the influence of marijuana.” But they use _impaired_, which we’ve already seen though a bunch of posts here is a fuzzy and pretty much impossible to define standard. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239/103 "2013-01-10T00:14:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘Your Honour-dude, I was so baked I thought I was in Washington!’ 😛 Umm, sorry? Did the state of Washington make it legal to drive stoned? ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239/104 "2013-01-10T00:26:25Z")
I am not advocating driving under the influence of anything. I myself wouldn’t, but I am a far better driver than most people and therefore the influence on my reaction times/harazard identifications and so on would be far more important than any amount I may slow down. Essentially I will never ever crash unless someone hits me in a very unpredictable way or I suffer catastrophic mechanical fault, if I am sober. Thus driving under the influence of something is bad for society in my particular case and therefore an unethical act. I am not though convinced that that applies to the population as a whole when it comes to certain levels of intociation so I think we have to be very careful with the laws here. It is my understanding that the 0.08 BAC limit is basically set at very close to the level drink drivers become dangerous, which is why I like it - unfortunately in a lot of wussy countries it’s 0.05 or even 0.02, often to “send a message” - and that to me is wrong. By the way almost all the massively serious drunk drive accidents involve people WAAYYYYY over the limit. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239/105 "2013-01-10T00:33:48Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > By the way almost all the massively serious drunk drive accidents involve people WAAYYYYY over the limit. Or young drivers and any alcohol, which is the case here, subbing weed for booze. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239/106 "2013-01-10T01:30:50Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I am a far better driver than most people. Essentially I will never ever crash unless someone hits me in a very unpredictable way or I suffer catastrophic mechanical fault, if I am sober. :rolleyes: Or, you know, you have an accident. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239/107 "2013-01-10T12:36:32Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > Essentially I will never ever crash unless someone hits me in a very unpredictable way or I suffer catastrophic mechanical fault, if I am sober. Come visit me in western Pennsylvania and see how good you are at white tailed deer avoidance. Superhuman reaction time won’t help when a deer bounds from the side of the road and lands on your hood (bonnet?). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239.md?page=5)