I've been driving utterly stoned and never had a problem: never been involved in a crash while at the wheel. Plus the british medical journal found pot to be 10 times safer than alchohol. Also pot residue stays around for ages and isn't associated with impairment.

Most importantly though: NZ already has the highest cannabis arrest rate in the developed world. With this law they really will have to build some more prisons. Criminalising such a large portion of good honest law abiding citizens is likely to have bad effects for our GDP.

JD Sheesh. I am not anti social. Infact my job is to play music for hundreds of people all over this beloved nation. And i smoke the occasional joint and dare i say it, drive afterwards. I also have a full racing liscence and the joke of this is i recieved it and did the test a litle bit blazed. Now i am sure the man that gave me my liscence would be shocked and not too happy but the fact is a passed with flying colours. For a person who races cars, organises events (for people, like real people, JD we do exist) and choses to stand on a stage and create a social environment with my voice and a DJ. ON POT! Occasionally. And i know a massive collection of (Friends, there really cool you should try get some) that all love cars, people, and going out that all have the occasional joint. The problem is that i reakon a SPEEDED out P head would be able to walk in a streight line as he probably put his nose to a few before he hits the wheel and the result of this is enhanced senses (hense the Amphetamines). The government shows us no statistics apart from a massey study. Research and show me facts and ill stop smoking up and driving but honestly it is just another government funded pool for Mr Dumb and all the other money hungry b---ds that are supposed to be helping. Bah ill follow the law and continue to try my best to be good by it. But i appose to the practises that are in place. JD i feel for you.

Orwellian state appearing all over the world. Cameras watching your every move, police increasing there powers and we all just sit by without question. "nothing to worry about"

if u r clean then you hve nothing 2 worrie about accept the fact u r not an do something about it do not make excuses u may wind up in court 4 killing a whole family onda roads u gonna be able 2 live wid dat or u wanna look dat stupid an u can kiss yur own family goodbye 4 quite a few years an anyone else who luvz u

Yes the bill of rights act does say " innocent until proven guilty " BUT has the government ever really taken notice of the bill of rights?? The bill of rights also incorporates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)into New Zealand law, and this is what prevents discrimination on grounds of sex, religion, race, age, sexual orientation etc etc etc. The government doesn't care about the l;aw unless it suits them ( or the super rich who run the country ). You are entitled to refuse to give blood or any other sample as the UDHR quite explicitly states that no one may forcefully take any part of your person ( including blood,hair,urine or anything else). Technically any random roadside testing of any sort is illegal as there is no evidence of any wrongdoing until after they have already done the test (alcohol,drugs or any other substance) and this can then be called over authoritarianism which is against the UDHR. There is a political party dedicated to the advancement of one minority race which is illegal yet it has still survived!! I wonder what the reaction to a white supremacist political party would be? At the end of the day right or wrong, legal or not , the police are doing the test so if you don't want to get caught just don't smoke and drive! Start your own political party instead, then maybe one day you can be prime minister and fix all the cockups that have been made by the idiots currently or previously running the show!

i think the cops have it wrong and dont want to admit it ive been a contract courier for 4 years and smoked a little pot in moderation nearly every day and not once have I had a crash and I do roughly 45-55 hrs of drving every week, Although i dont think i will be anymore for fear of being treated like a criminal(the law doesn't justify right and wrong)! Im not condoning it but simply trying to prove a point and JD just because someone smokes a bit of pot doesnt make them anti social or any less of a decent hard working member of society! But i do agree there are alot of drugged up no hopers out there to.

yes totally agree wit rachel alcohol is the problem here and pot is getting the spilloverz because of it. too much regulation now dayz. the penalties also are faaaaar too heavy for driving stoned i reckon

So what do these impairment tests involve? Please don't tell me you have to walk a straight line.....I can't do that regardless of the amount of cannabis I've smoked!! And a wee note to JD #2, you need to focus your anger else where matey, alcohol is the biggest evil in society. How many "anti-social" pot smokers do you know of, that go home and beat their wife and kids? Hang on.... I bet you don't even know any. Your a misguided fool who needs to smoke a joint and chill out :)

Completely agree with Emile.. This whole roadside drug test thing doesn't suggest that some one is stoned, high or otherwise.. Some one on P, could completely blitz the roadside test and later drive into a wall at 180km/h..

I think more research has to be done before we rush in and implement this law straight away.. And I would like to see some statistics as to how Marijuana or other drugs are actually responsible for car accidents. Until I see evidence as to how drugs are causing fatalities etc. on our roads, alcohol is the real problem imo.

Funny how the guilty always seem to have an argument or excuse to try and justify there use of drugs. Criminals have been hiding behind the bill of rights for far too long... its about time we started removing the anti-social druggies from our society.