And the speed limit is still 45 mph today — 12 years after the coroner determined the driver was huffing. (They were also speeding, but don’t any facts get in the way of a good sob story.)

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n270/a09.html

Naturally, any law repealed prematurely because of mistakenly believing the original premise to be false would have to be re-instated. We’ll call that Bob’s law.

Check yer head at the door and rush as fast as you can for the hospital! Your presence means the difference between life and death ya know? I mean without you personally being there, not a gotdaaumed positive thing will happen. Right?

Well legislators seem to be able to perform exactly the same way making laws, because of real or perceived public pressure, usually a couple of imbeds feeding fury. Many would say they think with their dicks. The concept is the same though not the subject matter. Results are equalizing.

And paranoiastrksdp @#5, at least the reporter referred to it as a bath salts DRUG instead of simply bath salts, which many articles I’ve read have done.

My step-dad said all politicians are dumb as rocks, but some turn out to be rocks for real.

I’ve yet to see him proven wrong.