Posts by Steve Parks
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...spare me the Greens arguing that a bit of recreational shooting up is some how equivalent to taking heart medication.
Well, taking heart medication certainly isn't exactly the same as, say, taking pot. If that's the Greens position, sure, it's absurd.
I'm not closely familiar with the Greens policy, but "...some how equivalent to..." is pretty loose, though. Obviously there are reasonable compressions that could be made. You could say, for example, that quantity x of this or that illicit drug has this much of an adverse effect on your reaction time. And being on such & such prescription drug has a similar effect. If so, maybe people should not be allowed to drive on those drugs (at whatever appropriate quantities) if the effect is considered sufficiently deleterious.
Surely what matters is whether a particular drug taken by the potential driver is likely to cause adverse effects that would make the driver an unreasonable danger on the roads. What difference does it make whether the drug is prescriptive, non-prescriptive, legal or illegal?
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Whereas take prescription medication appropriately is not done with the deliberate intent to drive less well.
Neil, could you please enlighten me as to which drugs are taken with the deliberate intent to drive less well?