Driving Stoned vs. Driving Sober
December 1st, 2006 by AlexHere’s an interesting video aired on British television that’s been gaining popularity online.
It’s not the most scientifically sound piece of research on the planet, but it does illustrate the point that maybe driving while stoned isn’t as dangerous as everyone makes it out to be. The consensus is that a healthy dose of paranoia after smoking generates increased concentration in the driver. On the flip side, driving while drunk makes your more liable to take risks.
The bottom line is that everyone has a different threshold. The host also suggests a form of test that figures out how much herb someone has smoked. Good luck with that.
So, how does the driver do stoned compared to sober? You’ll have to watch to find out…
Rocket Scientist Breaks into Prison
November 20th, 2006 by Tim
I’m not a card-carrying MENSA member, but there are a few things in this world I learned instinctively. Let’s take jail for instance. Jail is a place I stay away from, especially voluntarily. Looks like a genius in England learned this the hard way.
An intruder snuck over an 8ft tall fence into the HMP (Her Majesty’s Prison) Kirkham facility. The plan was to stash drugs and other goodies for his brother to sell to other inmates. While trying to climb back over the fence, he was cornered by prison guards and arrested. They found his stash hidden inside a garbage can.
So what was worth breaking into jail to deliver? Let’s take a look:
Heroin
Weed
Steroids
3 liters of vodka
3 bottles of Southern Comfort
3 bottles of Bacardi
80 cigarettes
18 DVDs
2 mobile phones
Calling cards
Phone chargers
And, a partridge in a pear tree
You could probably open a small retail store with that sort of inventory. Not surprisingly, both the dude who jumped the fence and his accomplice were caught. Now they can all hang out in their favorite place - jail. Together. Again.
[via Daily Mail: London]
Batman & Robin To The Rescue
November 13th, 2006 by Alex
Halloween has come and gone, but it looks like 2 coppers in England decided to keep the vibe alive. Dressed up as Batman and Robin, they were able to capture a suspected drug dealer.
Playing the part of drunk party goers, Sgt. Tony Smith and PC Mike Holman pretended to enter a fake costume party at the suspected targets house. They obnoxiously knocked and tried to gain entry but when they weren’t allowed in, snuck around to the backyard.
Shortly after, a couple of uniformed police officers showed up at the house and inquired after the drunken disturbance. The duped home owners gladly invited the cops inside and that’s when one of the men took off through the back door. Luckily, the caped crusader and his trusty sidekick were ready to lay a smack down on the guy and bring him in on charges.
I guess since English bobbies aren’t allowed to carry guns they have to be a little more ingenious than the average American cop. Still, the Dynamic Duo always finds a way to get the job done.
[via This Is London]
Why Not Drug Test Infants?
August 2nd, 2006 by Alex
The problem is that these liberties are slowly eroding. This is another thing I don’t have to point out. Pick up a newspaper or magazine, read the news online, or talk to some current students. Random drug tests, un-announced searches, and other supposedly protective measures are being taken more and more frequently by schools. The latest, and most troubling, doesn’t come from America but its ally overseas - England.
A British school has launched a pilot program where students as young as 11 are subjected to random drug tests - a project that has generated interest in Washington and fed a civil liberties debate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Eleven years old? Seriously? Well, at least this is only hapenning in England…
The White House drug czar says similar tests aren’t far off in the United States. “This (drug testing) is a public health measure,” Walters told The Associated Press.
Guess not. Will a line ever be drawn to regulate how young we can start testing children for drugs? Why not test infants? We can catch them when they’re young, before the pressures of 6th grade really get to the next generation.
What public and school officials don’t realize, is that bringing up this drug testing issue earlier and earlier for students puts the idea of drugs in their mind. They will become curious and want to see what all the big fucking deal is about. What are these drugs? Are they really as bad as people say they are? Maybe I’ll try for myself and find out…
As an adult, you should be able to make your own decisions about what you do and do not put in your body. As a child, you should be educated and protected by competent parents. It should be as simple as that. Anything beyond this scope, besides the obvious signs of intoxication while at school, are overstepping the boundaries of a government to police its own population.
I think it’s time to start manufacturing tFS pre-natal drug test kits…
