# No, officer, it's parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, not pot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358 "2005-08-30T23:52:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/1 "2005-08-30T23:52:07Z")
[CNN story](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/30/people.garfunkel.reut/index.html) Oh, Art, will you never learn? ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/2 "2005-08-30T23:55:55Z")
That’s just the risk when you’re lookin’ for fun and feelin’ groovy. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/3 "2005-08-30T23:59:39Z")
“Like a bong full of bubbled water, I will lay me down…” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/4 "2005-08-31T00:11:24Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > “Like a bong full of bubbled water, I will lay me down…” Thanks a lot. Now I can’t stop laughing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/5 "2005-08-31T00:34:43Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > “Like a bong full of bubbled water, I will lay me down…” Damn. The best I could come up with was: \*Stoneward bound, I wish I was, Stoneward bound, Stoned! Where my mind’s escaping, Stoned! Where my music’s playin’, Stoned! Where there’s pizza waiting Munchies for me… \* ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/6 "2005-08-31T02:20:53Z")
Well, thank God they caught him, and made the streets safe for decent people again. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/7 "2005-08-31T02:31:40Z")
I always feel safer when people actually, you know, stop when they come to a stop sign. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/8 "2005-08-31T03:48:36Z")
Agreed. Potheads have no business being behind the wheel when under the influence, any more than drunks or the heavily tranquilized. The argument by the pro-pot lobby (that pot isn’t dangerous and doesn’t kill anyone) burns me up. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/9 "2005-08-31T04:51:38Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > The argument by the pro-pot lobby (that pot isn’t dangerous and doesn’t kill anyone) burns me up. Do you have some evidence that smoking pot in moderation is any more inherently dangerous than drinking alcohol in moderation? I never heard of anyone dying in a pot-related car crash when smoking at home, any more than I’ve heard of any drinking-related auto fatalities from drinking at home. It’s not the smoking of pot that’s dangerous. It’s the smoking of pot and engaging in some other activity (like driving) that’s dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/10 "2005-08-31T07:57:29Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Do you have some evidence that smoking pot in moderation is any more inherently dangerous than drinking alcohol in moderation? I never heard of anyone dying in a pot-related car crash when smoking at home, any more than I’ve heard of any drinking-related auto fatalities from drinking at home. It’s not the smoking of pot that’s dangerous. It’s the smoking of pot and engaging in some other activity (like driving) that’s dangerous. Er, not to jump into an argument in which I don’t really have a stake (FWIW, I’m all for some sort of legalization of marijuana), but my reading of **The Scriviner** ’s post was that pot, like other drugs, can impair, and those who imply otherwise (ie, that it’s not a safety problem to smoke and drive, while alcohol is the true evil) clearly have an agenda divorced from the realities and consequences of smoking and driving. How’s that for a run-on sentence and possible hijack? ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/11 "2005-08-31T12:03:01Z")
I wonder what causes more auto accidents: marijuana, or cellphones? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/12 "2005-08-31T13:56:31Z")
**Eonwe** nailed it. That was what I was referring to – the _combination_ of driving and pot. Driving under the influence. But if anyone wants to argue with me that merely smoking pot on the couch at home is totally benign, I’m willing to call them on that too. Or do the pot apologists seriously believe that pot smoke doesn’t pose any carcinogenic danger to the G-I tract and lungs? Not to mention the effects of binge-snacking… Sorry for the hijack of a hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-officer-its-parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-not-pot/319358/13 "2005-08-31T14:04:13Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > **Eonwe** nailed it. That was what I was referring to – the _combination_ of driving and pot. Driving under the influence. I’m not aware of anyone with any credibility in the pro-legalization movement who suggests that there is no danger involved in driving while under the influence. Total red herring.