What happens in Colorado will not stay in Colorado
In this nation, drunkenness has always been considered a counterculture. What happens if drunkenness (recreational impairment) becomes the culture? Ever watch one of those Russian car-crash compilations on YouTube? I call them the "Vodka Chronicles." If you have watched one of those video's, you could be looking at a preview of things to come if the "recreational" use of marijuana becomes widespread in the United States.
Consider this: when you are driving on a two-lane highway, meeting traffic, and have two vehicles meeting one another, each vehicle traveling at the speed limit, say 55 MPH; the relative speed between the two vehicles is 110 MPH. If, when you meet and pass one another, the distance between your vehicle and the vehicle that you are meeting is 20 feet, that 20 foot space represents 0.12 seconds. That's 0.12 seconds that separates you from instant death should there be a bobble. Can you react in time if the guy you are meeting is high on something and crosses the center line?
Watch the Vodka Chronicles, and you can get an idea of what to expect if recreational drunkenness becomes prevalent in our society. With government already salivating over potential tax revenue, it looks like we could be headed there.
Time to work on your reflexes!
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