Comments on: Drivers Are Boozing Less But Toking Up Is High, Feds Say http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/07/14/drivers-are-boozing-less-but-toking-up-is-high-feds-say/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:19:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Christine MacDonald http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/07/14/drivers-are-boozing-less-but-toking-up-is-high-feds-say/comment-page-1/#comment-629991 Christine MacDonald Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:33:30 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=27174#comment-629991 Who knows maybe productive goes way up when people are buzzed ... err, but maybe not quite the type of productivity employers are looking for. Who knows maybe productive goes way up when people are buzzed ... err, but maybe not quite the type of productivity employers are looking for.

]]> By: Q http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/07/14/drivers-are-boozing-less-but-toking-up-is-high-feds-say/comment-page-1/#comment-629981 Q Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:07:36 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=27174#comment-629981 "morning drinkers and those on their “Budweiser coffee breaks.”" From the Globe article, "nursing a beer and a shot of blackberry brandy" Whoa! Only in Boston, or Capitol Hill, or Ancient Rome. LOL! It's difficult to read the article without hearing the regional accents and thinking of Ted Kennedy, but I digress. I'm curious to see what effect an 8am/9am Bars would have in DC (at least for those who don't operate heavy machinery). Do you think productivity would go down? I wonder if Caesar was pulled over for driving his chariot while intoxicated, or did the horses pretty much cover for him. "morning drinkers and those on their “Budweiser coffee breaks.”" From the Globe article, "nursing a beer and a shot of blackberry brandy" Whoa! Only in Boston, or Capitol Hill, or Ancient Rome. LOL! It's difficult to read the article without hearing the regional accents and thinking of Ted Kennedy, but I digress.

I'm curious to see what effect an 8am/9am Bars would have in DC (at least for those who don't operate heavy machinery). Do you think productivity would go down?

I wonder if Caesar was pulled over for driving his chariot while intoxicated, or did the horses pretty much cover for him.

]]> By: Christine MacDonald http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/07/14/drivers-are-boozing-less-but-toking-up-is-high-feds-say/comment-page-1/#comment-629953 Christine MacDonald Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:27:10 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=27174#comment-629953 Q, you are so right about how it's become anti-social to drink and drive. I once wrote a story about Boston dive bars that catered to morning drinkers and those on their "Budweiser coffee breaks." Dating back to at least Roman times, people were buzzed pretty much all day, I learned. But the advent of workplace drug and alcohol testing in the late 1980s changed all that. The story is still online, if you're interested: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/03/21/the_morning_loses_its_buzz/ Q, you are so right about how it's become anti-social to drink and drive. I once wrote a story about Boston dive bars that catered to morning drinkers and those on their "Budweiser coffee breaks." Dating back to at least Roman times, people were buzzed pretty much all day, I learned. But the advent of workplace drug and alcohol testing in the late 1980s changed all that. The story is still online, if you're interested:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/03/21/the_morning_loses_its_buzz/

]]> By: Q http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/07/14/drivers-are-boozing-less-but-toking-up-is-high-feds-say/comment-page-1/#comment-629944 Q Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:14:13 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=27174#comment-629944 You are on to something Christine. It is socially unacceptable to Drive Drunk. You've got commercials, wrecked automobiles, stories of fatalities, and zealous bartenders all supporting that fact. With all that going for it, it is no surprise that the statistics are coming down. Driving while HIGH...uhmm, that hasn't reached the point of socially unacceptable yet. In fact, there are a couple of commercials, but it is glamorized by artists from Willie Nelson to Snoop Dog. Now that folks know that the technology exists for field sobriety tests, hopefully toking and driving will calm down. Oftentimes on the road, I wonder if some inconsiderate drivers are on drugs or something. Now I have a better chance at being correct. :( You are on to something Christine. It is socially unacceptable to Drive Drunk. You've got commercials, wrecked automobiles, stories of fatalities, and zealous bartenders all supporting that fact. With all that going for it, it is no surprise that the statistics are coming down. Driving while HIGH...uhmm, that hasn't reached the point of socially unacceptable yet. In fact, there are a couple of commercials, but it is glamorized by artists from Willie Nelson to Snoop Dog. Now that folks know that the technology exists for field sobriety tests, hopefully toking and driving will calm down.

Oftentimes on the road, I wonder if some inconsiderate drivers are on drugs or something. Now I have a better chance at being correct. :(

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