Jackson Jambalaya

Drugs should be used in the privacy of your home not in public especially driving. Same as alcohol

This is important, but a much more significant problem is texting while driving and running red lights.

On a 15 minute drive in Madison and Ridgeland this morning I observed at least five vehicles run red lights.

I don't want to leave out the 3-4 drivers who remained motionless when their light turned green because they were texting. My horn is very loud.

I can only imagine that these problems are much more prevalant in Jackson, but I won't drive there.

I'm still confused. I smoke a medical marijuana joint in my driveway. I drive and I follow every rule of the road. I'm not showing that I'm impaired. Yet I'm under the influence. So is it OK to to drive with an illegal smile even if you show no impairment

7:25 - Just tell the Man you didn’t kill anyone and you’re just trying to have you some fun.

If you weren't under the influence after a joint then why smoke them? Of course you are under the influence, however small, just the same if someone has a glass of wine they are under the influence.

However, in both cases there may not be sufficient impairment to meet the DUI standard.

7:25, Few impaired people actually think they are impaired. That's part of the impairment.

And the GOP-controlled legislature facilitated the medical marijuana. Consider the irony, uh, oddity.
RMQ

There’s no way they can prove you are impaired in court . Marijuana stays in the body so long so how do they know if you are illegal impaired? They can’t it is based on a judgment call so if they THINK you are impaired you are going to jail. How does a toxicology test prove someone is illegal impaired under the influence of marijuana only?

If they see someone puffing going down the road then yeh , they could maybe prove someone is illegally impaired. They are gonna have to look to other states like CO to see how they prosecute this type of crime because they don’t have a way to know if you are legally stoned! I would deny and refuse a field test and breath test. These breathalyzer are rigged.

7/03pm—you are absolutely correct. I see people texting and driving constantly, and 1-2 cars running red lights after they turn red is routine. When my light turns green, I purposefully hesitate and look to be sure intersection is clear, and look both ways before moving. Not that anything said here will make a difference, but PLEASE when you drive a vehicle, do nothing else, drive safely. Your life, and others depend on it.

So if I get pulled over and they say they smell burnt toast in my car they could accuse me of smoking meth!

6:30 is correct. The unmistakeable smell of skunk weed is all around us. There is no right under the law to drive during or after partaking. Go home before, stay home. I will mind my own business if you don’t force yours on me.