Police decide who ingested exactly which drugs based on a 12-step collection of clues gathered by staring into suspects’ eyes, pinching their muscles, taking their blood pressure and watching closely how they walk and talk and balance.
  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Cops. The ones who can’t do drugs as a rule of their employment.

    Yeah, I’m sure they have all kinds of useful insights about drugs. I’ll tune into their podcast as soon as I finished the one from the Catholic priests talking about how sex and marriage work.

    • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      I once was a passenger in a clown car squeezed full of people who were all high as kites, including the driver. We were bowling merrily along, when someone said, “How fast are we going? I feel like we’re going really fast.” There was a bit of discussion about how fast we should be going, and whether it felt faster than that, and then the driver thought to check the speedo. 25mph, in a 30mph area. I haven’t laughed so hard since.

      So yes, it can impair your judgement when driving.

  • Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    TIL police have a big enough god complex they think they are doctors with no training.

  • Muffi@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    One of the biggest culture shocks as a Danish person visiting California, was seeing how normalised driving high was. I smoke pretty regularly, but I would never even think about getting behind the wheel after a single puff.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I agree with you people shouldn’t, but this is about our police being able to do whatever they want and ruining lives purely based on their intuition, which is frequently wrong and unriable at best.

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Stoned folks will drive straighter than an arrow at slower speeds. They are safer than an asswipe glued to their Galaxy or iPhone.

    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
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      2 days ago

      They are safer than an asswipe glued to their Galaxy or iPhone.

      The amount of people I see visibly fucking with their phones while driving (often at high speed) is really unsettling. In my day to day driving, I’m far more concerned about people on their phones than I am people stoned. They represent different hazards, but stoned drivers tend to be much more predictable.

  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I totally believe police sincerely think they can tell based on experience, but it’s false confidence.

    Story time: One night on my way home I was pulled over for a broken taillight, which I truthfully told the officer I wasn’t aware of. After taking another look she gave me a warning but said, with a little lilt in her voice, “Lotta dust in there, looks like it’s been broken for a while… surprised you haven’t noticed it.” As if she “knew” I was lying, because cops have heard it all before.

    I really wanted to unload on her that I was on my way home from working at my job and then taking my shift sitting in the hospital room keeping my 10-year-old daughter company until she fell asleep. She had been undergoing cancer treatments for the last 2 months. So excuse the hell outta me but there were a lot of things I’d missed lately. Like Thanksgiving. And Christmas. And apparently a broken taillight. I’ll get to it when I get to it but I can’t make any promises.

    That smirky little accusing tone of voice still sticks with me after 20 years. So fuck your smug-ass attitude, Officer I Know What I Know, because no you sure as fucking hell didn’t.

    • pinkystew@reddthat.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Bad people shouldn’t be in positions of power. Why aren’t we protected from this? We’re being abused and no one is stopping it. I want to send a message somehow.

      • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Not sure what send a message means, but for people who want do more than just complain online many communities have citizen oversight committees. There’s a National Association for Citizen Oversight of Law Enforcement that provides guidance - https://www.nacole.org/

    • stoly@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Officer threatened to slam my dad on the ground in front of us all for telling him politely to have a nice day.

      Officer screamed at us in high school when we called for help because someone was beating up our friend then did nothing.

      • A Phlaming Phoenix@lemm.ee
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        3 days ago

        Officer pulled me out of my car, threw me over the his, wrenched my hands up behind my back… Because my registration was out of date.