Passing this bill would not remove our national debt.. But it will put a HUGE dent in it.
I’m told there is A LOT of wasteful spending in the US. But this is something that MANY see that is just plain STUPID

These two bills are to be talked about and debated on. But with our economy sinking like it is. This to me and others just seems like something that will QUICKLY bring the US A LOT of money and not do any damage

Texting motorists ‘at greater risk’
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Motorists who text while driving are more at risk than those who drink or take drugs before getting behind the wheel, a survey has shown.

Reaction times were severely impaired in a test of young drivers carried out for the RAC Foundation. The overall driving performance, including steering and keeping a safe distance from other vehicles, was poor among the 17-24 year olds tested by TRL (Transport Research Laboratory).

Using a driver simulator, the young motorists carried out driving skills while writing, reading and ignoring text messages.

Reaction times of those involved in texting deteriorated by 35%. This was worse than alcohol at the legal limit (12% slower) and driving under the influence of cannabis (21% slower).

Drivers drifted out of their lane more often while texting. Steering control was 91% worse, compared to 35% worse when under the influence of cannabis. The ability to maintain a safe following distance also fell.

Comparing the level of distraction caused by texting to previous TRL studies into the impairment effects of drugs, alcohol (at the legal limit) and speaking on a mobile, the report concluded that texting had the greatest impact on lane positioning and the second greatest impact on reaction times, second only to using a hand-held phone.

This made texting while driving more risky than driving while on drugs or under the influence of alcohol.

RAC Foundation director Professor Stephen Glaister said: “The participants in this study were almost unanimous in their view that drink-driving was the most dangerous action on the road. Yet this research clearly shows that a motorist who is texting is significantly more impaired.”

Dr Nick Reed, senior human factors researcher at TRL, said: “When texting, drivers are distracted by taking their hand off the wheel to use their phone, by trying to read small text on the phone display, and by thinking about how to write their message.

“This combination of factors resulted in the impairments to reaction time and vehicle control that place the driver at a greater risk than having consumed alcohol to the legal limit for driving.”

I would argue that taxation and regulation in all 50 states would be a billion dollar a year business for America.

Keep an eye out for more legislation to this effect (like Oregon’s OCTA), which will greatly benefit the state, and indeed us all.

That’s not to mention Industrial Hemp…which is already a muli-billion-dollar enterprise worldwide. Ask the Canadians, who sell hemp to us.

Here’s a fun video from the great white north showing what government dose when an enemy doesn’t exist.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/915609/

Then take that data, and heavily publicize the obvious conclusion: Even with literally hundreds (if not thousands or more) of TONS of marijuana being seized and destroyed by government agents every single year… I can get as much as I want, at practically any time I want, practically anywhere I want. And no effort by the government will ever be able to stop that.

If that doesn’t prove that the War on Drugs has been a dismal failure, nothing will.

So true when it could just become a commodity that is taxed and traded like everything else. Making money instead of wasting it.

I appreciate the fact that normal provides a link with each blog so I can ‘forward’ each article directly to my facebook account so my friends there can see what kind of a drastic effect this war on plants has become.