Race Driver who charged Tony Stewart and got killed was high on pot

[Mac-7]

Would the dead kid have used better judgement if drugs were not clouding his brain?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-tony-stewart-grand-jury-ruling-20140924-story.html

[Redrose]

Probably. I'm surprised he was allowed to drive. Don't they do blood tests for drugs?

[Peter1469]

Probably not right before a race....

[Green Arrow]

I don't get why marijuana is considered a performance enhancing drug in a lot of sports circles anyway. Anyone who has ever done pot can tell you it is the opposite of performance enhancing, lol. Well, here, Robin Williams (RIP) tells it better:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUra-oOBuTA

[Peter1469]

I never considered racing a sport. To be a sport you have to use physical ability. Driving is pretty mechanical. The physical ability is staying awake. Lame.

[Ransom]

I never considered racing a sport. To be a sport you have to use physical ability. Driving is pretty mechanical. The physical ability is staying awake. Lame.

You come off turn 2 drop 3 stories....at 206mph....and tell me it's all mechanical. Gotta have skills. Instincts.

[Common Sense]

I doubt the pot had anything to do with him freaking out and walking into oncoming traffic.

[Peter1469]

You come off turn 2 drop 3 stories....at 206mph....and tell me it's all mechanical. Gotta have skills. Instincts.

Meh. It may be technical. It is absolutely not a sport. I don't consider technical hiking to be a sport either.

[texan]

Dui.

[Mac-7]

SWI..

Suicide While Intoxicated.

[Peter1469]

You have to be dumb as rocks to get out onto the track during a race....

[Peter1469]

Probably a contender for the Darwin Award.

[Mac-7]

You have to be dumb as rocks to get out onto the track during a race....

Or high on pot.

[Peter1469]

Or high on pot.

I never tried it, but isn't it supposed to make you mellow?

[donttread]

Would the dead kid have used better judgement if drugs were not clouding his brain?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-tony-stewart-grand-jury-ruling-20140924-story.html

If that kid was smoking pot he was doing it wrong. Do you have any idea how hard it is to be stoned and drive fast? Let alone be that pissed off?

[Gunny]

I never tried it, but isn't it supposed to make you mellow?

The pot may have impaired his judgement. It didn't make him aggressive. Back in the day when I used to smoke, I got aggressive on Dunkin Donuts and Doritos. Chips Ahoy and a cold glass of milk coming in close behind. Charging a car doing 180 was NOT in my docket.

[donttread]

The pot may have impaired his judgement. It didn't make him aggressive. Back in the day when I used to smoke, I got aggressive on Dunkin Donuts and Doritos. Chips Ahoy and a cold glass of milk coming in close behind. Charging a car doing 180 was NOT in my docket.

LOL going over 40 was rare.

[Redrose]

Or high on pot.


Do they know for sure it was pot? Could it have been something stronger? My ex SIL, the jerk in prison, got extremely violent on booze and meth, separate and together. Sober he was a con artist charmer.

[Mac-7]

Do they know for sure it was pot? Could it have been something stronger? My ex SIL, the jerk in prison, got extremely violent on booze and meth, separate and together. Sober he was a con artist charmer.

The news reports said it was pot.

[Gunny]

Do they know for sure it was pot? Could it have been something stronger? My ex SIL, the jerk in prison, got extremely violent on booze and meth, separate and together. Sober he was a con artist charmer.

A blood test that comes up THC is pretty specific. Meth or booze would have come up meth or booze.

[Ravens Fan]

Pot stays in your system for 30 days. There is no way yet to tell when someone is actually under the influence through blood/urine tests. He probably was not stoned at the time.

That's why I always laugh when I read that in reports. if they could test for that, it would make legalization efforts much easier.

[Redrose]

A blood test that comes up THC is pretty specific. Meth or booze would have come up meth or booze.


I'm hearing he tested positive for pot. I'm sure it effected his judgement. IMO Stewart looks like he swerved, but it was so fast, can't tell if he was swerving to hit him, avoid him or just scare him. With that doubt, and the fact he never should be walking on the active track, I could not find Stewart guilty.

[Peter1469]

If you get out of your car on a race track- you are a proud candidate for a Darwin Award (http://www.darwinawards.com/).

[Green Arrow]

Or high on pot.

If he was high on pot, he wouldn't have even been racing. He'd be driving like 20 and giggling. Number one. Number two, he wouldn't have angrily charged Stewart's car, which is precisely what he did.

Jury verdict: not high on pot.

[donttread]

Pot stays in your system for 30 days. There is no way yet to tell when someone is actually under the influence through blood/urine tests. He probably was not stoned at the time.

That's why I always laugh when I read that in reports. if they could test for that, it would make legalization efforts much easier.

Great point.

[Captain Obvious]

If he was high on pot, he wouldn't have even been racing. He'd be driving like 20 and giggling. Number one. Number two, he wouldn't have angrily charged Stewart's car, which is precisely what he did.

Jury verdict: not high on pot.

From the article:


Toxicology tests indicated that Ward was under the influence of marijuana that night, at levels "enough to impair judgment,"

The suggestion that you can't tell how high one is on pot is bunk. Drivers are tested and prosecuted regularly for being under the influence of pot. If tests were that inaccurate it would be a simple racket to beat.

Just sayin...