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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (37799)	1/15/2013 5:04:12 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

Teen Driver Who Killed 4 Friends In Crash Shouldn't Have Been Driving, Say Cops Joseph Beer As four families plan to bury their young sons, police are continuing the investigation of the fatal crash that claimed their lives early Monday morning. The only survivor was the driver, 17-year-old Joseph Beer who only had a learner's permit, and now state police are confirming that Beer shouldn't have been driving his high school graduation present at all. And one source says the car smelled like pot.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (37799)	1/15/2013 5:06:09 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Smoke and Mirrors: Driving While High on Marijuana Doubles One’s Chances of a Serious Car CrashBy [url=]Katherine Harmon[/url] \| February 9, 2012 \| 26 [url=]Share[/url] [url=]Email[/url] Print Image courtesy of iStockphoto/Cabezonication Booze is behind an estimated 2.1 million car accidents each year in the U.S.—which cause almost 11,000 traffic fatalities annually. But many drug users have claimed that a few puffs of pot before getting behind the wheel are perfectly harmless. A new study, however, shows that drivers who smoke marijuana within a few hours of hitting the road are almost twice as likely as stone-sober motorists to be in a crash that results in serious injury or death. Authors of the new paper, published online Thursday in the British Medical Journal(BMJ), sifted through nine previous studies to develop a clearer picture of the risks to users who light up before revving up. Previous studies have left the effects of marijuana on its own—when not combined with alcohol or other drugs— a little hazy.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (37799)	1/15/2013 5:09:32 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

who are you kidding, I almost killed myself a couple of times high on pot when I was young, drove off the road, miss the turn because I was too fucked up to see it. I know of a least 20 crashes of my kids friends because they were high, zero because they were drinking. They have been brainwashed not to drink and drive, but people like you have told them it's ok to smoke and drive. four kids locally were killed missing a turn the only survivor said they weren't drinking but were getting high. doesn't take a genius to figure this one out, maybe if you weren't high you could figure it out