# This kid must be high **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 7, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345 "2006-03-07T04:20:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/241 "2011-04-05T09:44:43Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > OH Drummer et al, Accid. Anal. Prev., 2004, 36(2):239-248. > > Ramaekers JG et al, Drug Alcohol Dept, 2004, 73(2):109-19. > > PubMed Central has the abstracts, but the full papers aren’t on-line that I know of. I wonder how many completely inappropriate case studies get sent to that first journal. Or for that matter, how many catalogue and price enquiries the second receives. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/242 "2011-04-05T20:03:13Z")
Accidental Anal Prevention is _no laughing matter_. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/243 "2011-04-06T14:21:18Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > OH Drummer et al, Accid. Anal. Prev., 2004, 36(2):239-248. > > Ramaekers JG et al, Drug Alcohol Dept, 2004, 73(2):109-19. > > PubMed Central has the abstracts, but the full papers aren’t on-line that I know of. Neither of those studies support your claim, which was: > [@](#): > > Pot increases your chances of being in a fatal car crash by 2 - 6x. Both of the studies you linked to establish a fairly strong culpability for drivers who have THC in their blood and get into auto accidents. I don’t doubt that. What I asked was where you got your numbers about “fatal car crashes”. Those studies say nothing about fatalities - they could be fender benders, for all I know from the abstracts. ---
**Author:** ![bhamlaxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@bhamlaxy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bhamlaxy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/244 "2012-06-06T21:08:55Z")
I know it’s been awhile, but I laugh every time I google my name and this pops up. To all those who said this was an idiotic thing to say and that it would destroy my life- I am 2 years out of college and have had a very successful career, and currently hold a governmental position. But actually, I do not smoke weed anymore! Just kind of grew out of it. So yea, probably a dumb quote to say to the paper, but it hasn’t affected anything. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/245 "2012-06-06T21:13:09Z")
That’s very sweet of you to give us an update. You may go now. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/246 "2012-06-06T22:12:46Z")
A likely story. Here to panhandle for a reefer “fix,” aren’t you, Cheech? Well, you can take your Mary Jane crackpipe and your Firesign Theater LPs and push your VW Microbus right back to Skid Row. This is a family forum. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/247 "2012-06-06T22:28:43Z")
Fuckin’ right, Turnip. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/248 "2012-06-06T23:08:10Z")
I’m still laughing at the people who imagined that smoking Marijuana would make it impossible to stay in college for more than a semester. I mean, honestly. One of my college room-mates grew a pot plant in his closet. He was an education major. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/249 "2012-06-06T23:26:37Z")
My college offered all students a short-term, interest-free loan of a few hundred bucks every quarter for books or incidentals. Guess what everyone I knew used it to buy? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/250 "2012-06-06T23:26:55Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > I’m still laughing at the people who imagined that smoking Marijuana would make it impossible to stay in college for more than a semester. I mean, honestly. I have to imagine that the opposite would actually be closer to the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/251 "2012-06-06T23:40:51Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > My college offered all students a short-term, interest-free loan of a few hundred bucks every quarter for books or incidentals. Guess what everyone I knew used it to buy? Pizza and milkshakes? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/252 "2012-06-06T23:42:06Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Pizza and milkshakes? Dammit, LD got trapped in the 50s again. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/253 "2012-06-06T23:46:28Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Dammit, LD got trapped in the 50s again. Cue the _Happy Days_ theme. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/254 "2012-06-07T00:00:02Z")
_Happy Days_ sucks, cue _[Mr. Sandman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRutnikSBg)_. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/255 "2012-06-07T03:05:04Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Pizza and milkshakes? > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Dammit, LD got trapped in the 50s again. What you don’t get the munchies? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/256 "2012-06-07T08:47:14Z")
They had pizza in the _'50s_!? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/257 "2012-06-07T09:51:48Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > A likely story. Here to panhandle for a reefer “fix,” aren’t you, Cheech? Well, you can take your Mary Jane crackpipe and your Firesign Theater LPs and push your VW Microbus right back to Skid Row. This is a family forum. Damn Vinyl, pretty freaking harsh response to someone posting who said that : > [@bhamlaxy](#): > > I know it’s been awhile, but I laugh every time I google my name and this pops up. > > To all those who said this was an idiotic thing to say and that it would destroy my life- I am 2 years out of college and have had a very successful career, and currently hold a governmental position. > > But actually, I do not smoke weed anymore! Just kind of grew out of it. > > So yea, probably a dumb quote to say to the paper, but it hasn’t affected anything. Doesn’t sound like he is asking for anything, doesn’t seem to be proposing an alternate lifestyle or anything stoner at all.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/258 "2012-06-07T13:44:19Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Damn Vinyl, pretty freaking harsh response to someone posting who said that : > > Doesn’t sound like he is asking for anything, doesn’t seem to be proposing an alternate lifestyle or anything stoner at all.:rolleyes: Are you trying to set a board record for the most spectacular whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/259 "2012-06-07T13:50:25Z")
I think this is awesome, that someone would join just to give us an update, and tell us how the story ended. And how the uptight among us us were full of shit. (But, it’s really _good_ shit, Mrs. Presky…\*) After all the newbies we’ve had starting twenty immature threads on their first day, it’s refreshing. (Whenever I see “Join Date: This Morning” I just cringe) \*Firesign Theater reference, coming full circle to the first page of the thread ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345/260 "2012-06-07T14:25:11Z")
So, what i have learned from allthis is that while pot won’t ruin your life it does raise the dead… again… and again… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345.md?page=14)