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Responsible, but a whole lot of people are irresponsible people. alcohol is our best example. we have 11,000 people killed every year by drunk drivers. we accept that? shouldn't be acceptable. so this is what happens when you have a drug that's readily available, socially acceptable, low perception risk and relatively cheap. i don't want that for the other drugs. >> we're making our presence known. everyone after this parade will know that they can come in and buy weed at our store. >> ullr! >> i like how we have the youngest kids behind us right now. it's terrible. the only kids in this whole...

>> it turns out the passenger who crawled out is actually the driver who isn't drunk. the 22-year-old learns the hard way what can happen when he texts his girlfriend while behind the wheel. >> he said to me that he never noticed that i was behind him. >> fortunately for the driver and the rest of the people on the road, no one is hurt. the car is a different story. >> of course he was more upset his car's totaled. for something that could have waited until he stopped somewhere or got to where he was going. >> the incident reminds officer moorer that drunk drivers aren't the only dangerous dri...

Reason for the crash was texting. >> it turns out the passenger who crawled out is actually the driver who isn't drunk. the 22-year-old learns the hard way what can happen when he texts his girlfriend while behind the wheel. >> he said he never noticed i was behind him. >> fortunately for the driver and rest the people on the road, no one is hurt. the car is a different story. >> he was embarrassed but more upset. his car is toted for r something that could have waited until he stopped somewhere or got to where he was going. >> the incident reminds the officer that drunk drivers aren't the onl...

Oregon police remember a cold winter day when this woman went to desperate lengths trying to flee. >> don't do it. don't do it. >> it is a pretty quiet town for the most part. general we we're going to be dealing with thefts and domestic violence incidences and drunk drivers. >> until police officer jeremy costello spots someone driving erratically. >> what caught my attention is how she pulled out and i thought she was going to hit this pedestrian, without a doubt. to the point where i think i remember in the car kind of throwing my arms up going, oh, crap. next thing he knew, he was in a hig...

Jail time. one of the states with the weakest laws -- colorado. where el elly was hit by the seven-time offender. when we went out with this dui task force, they caught a repeat offender in just two hours. >> he has at least half a dozen twier duis. >> we went straight to the governor john hickenlooper. >> sitting here as the governor for four years, why is that? >> i think the legislature didn't feel -- they saw the decline in drunk driving fatalities and they felt the problem was being solved and they didn't realize we are aware of this number of drunk drivers who clearly have a substance pr...