[QUOTE=Golfingnut;841285]WBKO Radio. Really?[/QUOTE
Colorado is spending $1 million on television ads making fun of marijuana users who space out during everyday tasks - an effort to stop stoned driving.
Happens to be WBKO TV Station not radio, but it is a good example of the problem with pot.
Here's another copy of the story from a different source:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/24...stoned-driving
Excerpt from the story:
Washington, the only other state that has legalized recreational pot, saw more than 1,300 drivers test positive for marijuana last year - that's almost 25 percent more than in 2012.
Of those, 720 had levels high enough to lead to an automatic drugged driving conviction, though Washington officials say there's been no corresponding jump in car accidents.
Colorado's $1 million ad campaign, which begins March 10, comes from a federal grant from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
A Spanish-language ad campaign is launching next week, too. Those ads show a man blowing smoke and the message, "When you use marijuana, don't drive."
Dispensary owners helped develop the Colorado ads and plan to voluntarily hand out brochures and hang "Drive High, Get a DUI" posters.
"We recognize our duty to be a part of the DUID conversation," said Elan Nelson, a dispensary worker who is vice chairwoman of the state's Medical Marijuana Industry Group.
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Associated Press Writer Gene Johnson in Seattle contributed to this report.
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Kristen Wyatt can be reached at
http://www.twitter.com/APkristenwyatt
Read more:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/24...#ixzz2vKjLk6Cd