Pubdate: Fri, 03 Jun 2016
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV)
Copyright: 2016 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Contact: http://www.reviewjournal.com/about/print/press/letterstoeditor.html
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/233
Author: Ron Moers
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n368/a01.html

DRUGGED DRIVING

Kudos to letter writer Richard Shengulette for calling out the drug 
users who imperil innocent drivers on our highways (May 31 
Review-Journal). Back in my day as a police officer, booze was the 
drug of choice and almost 50 percent of fatal traffic accidents were 
attributed to it. In this new age of the millennial, we can now add 
heroin, pharmaceuticals, cocaine, and of course, marijuana, to the 
list of causation factors.

Mr. Shengulette ended his letter by stating that the public should 
know who the politicians are that promote the legalization of such 
drugs. I can give him the name of one politician whose name pops up 
constantly here in Las Vegas as a chief supporter for the 
legalization of marijuana movement: state Sen. Tick Segerblom.

For all of Mr. Segerblom's promoting of marijuana, I've never once 
heard him propose a test or method to determine when a person is 
under the influence of the drug.

As always, it will be up to the police to make that determination at 
the scene of an accident. But, tragically, it will often be too late 
for some innocent driver or pedestrian.

Ron Moers

Henderson
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