Could cannabis make you a more cautious, and less accident prone, worker?

[newusername 10+ year member]

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/40

A new Swiss study published at Bio-Med Central concludes exactly that: marijuana can protect you from injury. The study, titled "Alcohol and cannabis use as risk factors for injury - a case-crossover analysis in a Swiss hospital emergency department" compared the injuries that required hospitalization. The authors' conclusions were surprising: marijuana use is not only NOT associated with increased risk of injury - marijuana users actually get injured less than sober people: “The results for cannabis use were quite surprising. […] The present study in fact indicated a ‘protective effect’ of cannabis use in a dose-response relationship.”

"Great news," proclaimed Cannabis Culture Magazine editor Marc Emery. "We've said for years that marijuana users are responsible and productive members of society. This study confirms that using marijuana can actually make you more careful, resulting in less accidents and emergency room visits. Booze makes you takerisks without thinking while marijuana makes you contemplative and cautious." The authors of the study agreed, speculating that the effects of marijuana, in contrast to alcohol, make you more likely to avoid risky situations.

I haven't read through the study yet, so take it with a grain of salt...food for thought, regardless.

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[duece212 5,000+ posts]

Stoners do less because they are lazy, just stands to reason that if you do less your exposure time to accident scenarios is lessened, therefore making you look "safer"

 

[mobsters211 10+ year member]

ehh not true...when i smoke i usually wanna go on an adventure...i guess it depends on...because when u smoke it like slows u down..but i also think that half the time people are more cautious is because they are afraid of getting caught for doing it so they try to be "cautious" by trying harder to do something well

 

[sic402 10+ year member]

I would disagree there, while a lot of stoners are lazy, there are some people like me who like to do something productive while high....i just cant sit on a couch doing nothing all day

 

[mobsters211 10+ year member]

so like when i drive high...im always lazy and dnt rly care...and am jsut kinda like on an adventure...but like when i have my mom and my car....im like da best driver ever lol

 

[97gp 5,000+ posts]

Stoners do less because they are lazy, just stands to reason that if you do less your exposure time to accident scenarios is lessened, therefore making you look "safer"

Do you really have to get all the idiots going again, weed threads are getting played out.

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Why are you smoking and driving your mom around?!?!?

Uhm I would say it all depends on the extent to which you smoke.. Some people make a life out of it. but I definitely don't think its bad if its not a lifestyle

 

[mobsters211 10+ year member]

**** no i dont make it a life...but like driving high rly aint that hard..and id rather drive my mom home hi then her drive home drunk //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Pop da Hatch 10+ year member]

Waz up bro?

 

[haunther]

the answer is NO... long time experience.

 

[mobsters211 10+ year member]

lmao

 

[MyFartsStink 10+ year member]

I drive more cautious when I am high because I obey the traffic laws. When I am sober I have a lead foot.

 

[mobsters211 10+ year member]

see same here lmao...mab tahts y i got into car crashes sober lmao

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/40




I haven't read through the study yet, so take it with a grain of salt...food for thought, regardless.

Hard to give an answer because its so vague but sorry man I'm going with a no on this. I smoke weed weekly and work 7 days a week. However, I never go to work high.(Production)

I wouldn't want someone blazed operating a crane lifting thousands of pounds. However, when I worked at a call center I would get more sales and be more personable when I would show up to work blazed. Hell, I could even cashier baked when I worked retail. But I would never go to work high working construction, production, warehouse etc...

 

[crash9201 10+ year member]

Stoners do less because they are lazy, just stands to reason that if you do less your exposure time to accident scenarios is lessened, therefore making you look "safer"

this is quite untrue, me and my buddys go do something, and smoke on the way or when we get there, hell ive gone to football games(playing in them) and wrestling tournaments stoned out of my mind and dominated.

also for drift fans+stoners, drifting while stoned is very fun, i only drift at about 35-40 when im stoned, helps balance out the delay in reaction time