Former Portland Trail Blazer Travis Outlaw has been arrested on a federal marijuana charge.

If the driver had, shall we say, "partaken" before driving, would that make him a Stoned Tempo Pilot?

 

Not to mention, most people that do drugs are suffering from mental illness. Usually brought on by traumatic experiences from their childhood. No different than a veteran turning to alcohol to cope with ptsd. But instead of putting these depressed people through therapy and out-patient therapy, we send them to jail, fine them, and make it harder for them to get ahead in life. I don't know a single heroin/meth addict that wasn't abused sexually and or physically as a child. I also don't know anyone that actually likes getting high on that shit, they just don't know how to cope with their anxiety/depression so they get high to mask it. We need a war on mental illness.

 

Ohhh man, Great play Wook! one of my favorite bands of all time too, but I think we all know Scott was a little more Stoned when trying to find the Tempo!

 

I love how he's too tall for the height measurement in the mugshot.

 

I'm am not surprised...I mean, can you trust a guy that looks like this?

 

...some of the most successful business men and women I have worked with smoke cannabis every day. My guess is that the designers you have experience with already had a propensity for laziness and lacked motivation, high or otherwise.

 

Right!

 

Sarcasm?

 

I have to say although I'm pro marijuana, it has no place in the workplace. Substances that alter consciousness often just amplify who people are...if they get stoned to go to work and are lazy...they were lazy to begin with. I never allowed any of my band mates perform a show stoned or drunk....after the show...do what you want but I think most stoner musicians are not sharp with timing, tuning or dynamics. Everybody knows a nice guy who's a nasty drunk....pot can have the same effect with some personality types...dumb them down and turn them into softballs. I don't chain smoke pot just like I don't guzzle bottles of fine wine for breakfast....know your limits and do something creative with your recreational habits but understand that getting stoned only makes your craft mushy and dull to all except yourself....mediocre performances tend to sound good to people who are stoned, but not so much to the audience. It's a problem I have with a lot of Eugene bands....pot is pretty far from an accurate tuning fork or a metronome. If I were MarAzul, I'd have probably fired those employees as well.

 

I've been a recreational marijuana user since I was 16 years old and I have to agree with most of what Riv is saying. But, now having more knowledge and choice (as far as strains go) since legalization, I'd suggest that different strains have different effects. Back in the day when you didn't have much in the way of choices, one "buy" might get you fired up, creative and/or focused, while the next buy might demotivate and induce couch lock. You took what you could get and hoped for the best. Now, we get to choose the strain for the result we want. And that (along with the tax revenues) is the best part of legalization. That said, I still don't want my coworkers, people I hire to perform work for me etc, to get high on my time and my dime. In my younger days I got involved in a fair amount of artistic endeavors. I can say without any exaggeration that I almost always had my best ideas when stoned. I can also say without exaggeration that those ideas were always best executed when I wasn't stoned. As Riv said, know your limits, same as with alcohol, exercise, politics or pretty much anything else in life. There's a time and a place for everything.

 

Agreed.

I write my best music stoned. I have had my worst performances stoned.
Learn the lesson and then play the game.

 

So weed doesn't impair you?
It doesn't increase drug trafficing?
Speed limit was lowered to conserve gas, not for safety reasons

 

Where did I saw weed doesnt impair you? It doesnt while driving, unless your smoking illegally and thats against the law.

NO. My weed smoking does not increase drug trafficking. In fact with the latest laws, it has helped to decrease. With more people growing, I no longer have to import from further way, but can simply go into my neighbors backyard.

Speed limit was lowered to conserve gas is a fairy tale....Or it would have been done everywhere. Now I'm just laughing at the conspiracy theory. Speed limits vary based on the radius of curves in the roadway causing G forces. Speed limits also vary based on the width of lanes. Then depending on what type of cargo you are carrying there are another set of restrictions for speeds based on axle count and weight.

Clearly you haven't done much studying of political science commuter issues studies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_States_by_jurisdiction

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/22/stateline-speed-limit/2575047/
(Speed limits going up)


Not everything is a conspiracy.

 

Really? Would have been nice to know the referral.

So we are reffering to something that happened over 50 years ago?

The article says that all speeds were changed to 55, yes, to help the inflating oil prices.
But that was long since removed, as clearly the national speed limit is NOT 55. and HASN'T been for many many many years.

I'm not sure we aren't just posting for arguments sake, or if there is actual thought going into some posts?

(I know I've been guilty of this...

 

If you remember it like yesterday,. then what about the 42 years in between where the speed limit changed again. Was that all forgotten about?
My point being is things have changed and have been changed for many years, so basically that was irrelevant for today's discussion, no?

 

At least you had a Pinto, I had a fricken Opal!!!!



Disclaimer: this was not my ACTUAL Opal...