--- title: Colorado Driving While High PSAs Are Funny description: The Colorado Department of Transportation released a set of PSAs about smoking and driving that are actually pretty funny. canonical: https://time.com/16346/the-colorado-state-government-made-these-ads-about-smoking-and-driving-and-theyre-funny-even-if-you-arent-high/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-08T16:00:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:36.680Z og:title: The Colorado Government Made These Ads About Smoking and Driving — And They're Funny Even If You Aren't High og:description: Who knew the Department of Transportation was full of such jokesters og:url: https://time.com/16346/the-colorado-state-government-made-these-ads-about-smoking-and-driving-and-theyre-funny-even-if-you-arent-high/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0acf6ea15cc07dca/6986847c06f2c1fd4b32dc36/screen-shot-2014-03-07-at-4-36-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=587&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 587 og:image:height: 330 og:image:alt: high DUI colorado driving stoned marijuana og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Colorado Government Made These Ads About Smoking and Driving — And They're Funny Even If You Aren't High twitter:description: Who knew the Department of Transportation was full of such jokesters twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0acf6ea15cc07dca/6986847c06f2c1fd4b32dc36/screen-shot-2014-03-07-at-4-36-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=587&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Colorado State Government Made These Ads About Smoking and Driving — And They're Funny Even If You Aren't High > Sponsored content. 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Just don’t drive. Even though the state’s [$1 million television ad campaign](http://www.denverpost.com/marijuana/ci%5F25286406/colorado-launches-campaign-stop-stoned-driving) goes by the expected name “Drive High, Get a DUI,” it approaches the PSA with refreshing humor. You can see the rest of the ads below: Thus far, Colorado has trained 200 drug recognition officers to gauge whether a driver is under the influence or not. If a person is on the road with more than 5 nanometers of THC in his or her system, that constitutes a DUI. Better stay at home and eat Funions instead. 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