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During 2011, at least 640 accidents were caused by drug-drivers using both illegal and medicinal substances
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It is that type of scare reporting that annoys the hell out of me. There is no evidence to back up the stated fact that the accidents were
caused by a driver with a drug in their system. A more accurate statement would be that legal or illegal drugs were found in the blood of x amount of people who were involved in an accident.
Due to the way these reports NEVER say how many accidents involved people on illegal drugs, it is obvious that a huge portion of the scary number is made up of legal drugs.
Then you have the girl who's parent started off this whole drug testing campaign. She ran out into the middle of a road to get a ball and got hit by a car. Because the guy that hit her had smoked a joint earlier, it automatically became the fault of the drug driver. The kids parents needed someone to blame instead of themselves for letting their kid play out on that busy road.
So anyone who takes any medication and is involved in an accident, even if it is someone driving into you, will become a drug drive statistic in the sense of the quote above.
Driving while not in full control of your car shouldn't be done. This test however will make criminals of people who are no harm to anyone.