The use of marijuanna has a large impact on society. Many people do not feel as though marijuanna can affect them seriously. But the truth is that marijuanna is in fact a drug. It slows down your motor reflexes, impairs your ability to make good judgemnet calls, and convinces people that they are making good choices. Smoking marijuanna can take away a persons goals, dreams, and desires. They begin to live minute by minute.
The biggest problem that is associated with the use of marijuanna is that some people use it while driving. "Smoking and driving" is just as bad as drinking and driving. Studies have shown that marijuanna does in fact play a significant role in car accidents. Marijuanna affects a driver's ability to focus, visually follow, and pay attention to what is going on around their vehicle. Drivers who are "high" become disoriented. This increases the chances of missing or turning cars or cars entering a highway from a ramp.
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Treatment Art Card.Because distances seem longer and objects seem larger, drivers who are "high" may run into vehicles stopped at stoplights. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, one study of patients in a hospital's shock-trauma unit who had been in traffic accidents found that 15 percent had been smoking marijuanna.
Marijuanna affects people differently. Some may feel nothing when they first try it. Others may feel high or intoxicated, as if they are drunk. Because they are so relaxed and drowsy, they may fall asleep behind the wheel.
Users often become engrossed with ordinary sights, sounds, or tastes, and minor events may seem extremely interesting or funny. This is bad news for drivers. Users do not focus on driving and instead get wrapped up in music on the radio, for example. While high, time seems to...