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What effect does the use of marijuana and amphetamine have on driving?
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∙ 14y ago
marijuana can effect concetration, judgment and the sensory & perceptual skills needed for careful driving..
amphetamine use will keep drivers awake and active for long streches of time, it will also make them less coordinated, edgy, and, as one accident study found, four times more likely to be involved in a car crash
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoMarijuana- Research has shown that even typical social doses of marijuana can affect concentration, judgement, and the sensory and perceptual skills needed for careful driving. People who are under marijuana's influence have impaired sensory and perceptual abilities.
Stimulants- While heavy amphetamine use will keep drivers awake and active for a long stretches of time, it will also make them less coordinated, edgy, and, as one accident study found, four times more likely to be involved in a car crash. Research shows that typical social amounts of cocaine can produce lapses in attention and concentration.
Although caffeine can help the drowsy driver stay alert, it cant make the drunk driver sober. Studies show that ordinary amounts of caffeine do not improve an inebriated subjects driving skills.
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What effects do heavy amphetamine use have on driving?
Heavy amphetamine use
Can amphetamine clean your body of marijuana with its side effects?
No. You can stop doing marijuana and use amphetamines instead, then it will no longer be in your system.
What drugs did Jack Kerouac use and What drugs are used in On the Road?
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Can marijuana effect tachacarda?
can marijuana contribute to tachacarda minimal use for sleep only
What has caused worldwide restrictions on the use of marijuana?
This inebriating effect of marijuana use has fueled the controversy and led to restrictions that have surrounded marijuana use throughout history in many cultures and regions of the world.
Does marijuana use effect your spleen?
it affects it by, when it gets to your spleen, it exploses
Which of these is not a short-term effect of marijuana use?
decreased heart rat
What are the effect of marijuana use?
Having calm, happy, and euphoric feelings........ and hunger.
Can you have medical marijuana and morphine and does it lessen the effect of either?
It is possible to use morphine as a pain killer and also use marijuana as an anti-nausea drug; they are not antagonistic in their effects.
What is the change in amphetamine use and abuse in the US from the 1950s to the present?
amphetamine use and abuse in the U.S. from the 1950s to the present.
Does smoking synthetic marijuana effect pregnancy tests?
Only if it made you forget to use birth control. There is no hCG in marijuana so using it will not change the results of the test.
Does marijuana cause cellulite?
The use of marijuana does not directly effect weight gain, or cellulite. There is a causality postulated by some that marijuana usage results in slothfulness and therefore weight gain, which can cause cellulite. Cellulite is caused by problems with the connective tissues and the expansion of fat cells inside the body and marijuana does not directly, or indirectly effect these connective tissues.
