QUOTE=ZodWallop;3774376]Driving under the influence places other people at risk. So does smoking in restaurants and bars. Are you honestly arguing that drunk driving should be easier?[/QUOTE]
Are you going to argue that drugs do not place other people at risk? Not even considering the number of overdose deaths, the number of deaths related to drug use such as traumatic deaths indirectly related to drug use, newborn deaths owing to a mother's drug use, deaths from infection related to intravenous use, for example, HIV infection and hepatitis. Then we have the number of deaths in robberies and other criminal activity in an attempt to support a drug habit.
Going back to the driving theme, one set of statistics from MADD stated that in 2014, 299 deaths or 13% were attributed to drivers using alcohol alone, 618 deaths or 26.9%, were attributed to drivers using drugs alone and 356 deaths or 15.5% were attributed to drivers using a alcohol/drugs cocktail. This was out of total of 2297 traffic fatalities.
On a nastier note, perhaps you should visit a maternity ward and watch a newborn going cold turkey.
I was not arguing that impaired driving should not be easier. I was being amused by the number of people who are willing to complain about limitations such as books in prison despite considerable evidence that they are used to smuggle drugs while being equally vocal in supporting other limitations due to potential harm.
As for distracted driving? Go into the office and tell the people there that you were ticketed for having your cell-phone in your hand and chatting away while doing 100km/h on the freeway. Tell the same people that you were arrested for blowing 70 while doing 40km/h on a street near your home. Note which one gets you some sympathy and which gets you treated as a pariah. This despite the statistics that show Canadian distracted drivers are involved in more accidents and more fatality accidents than are attributed to drivers who have been using alcohol and/or drugs.
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Here's a link to a story about a woman who has obviously been paying attention to those PSAs.
Texting, reading, and eating: Meet Vancouver's worst distracted driver