--- description: The Colorado Department of Transportation released a set of PSAs about smoking and driving that are actually pretty funny. title: The Colorado Government Made These Ads About Smoking and Driving — And They're Funny Even If You Aren't High image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0acf6ea15cc07dca/6986847c06f2c1fd4b32dc36/screen-shot-2014-03-07-at-4-36-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Colorado State Government Made These Ads About Smoking and Driving — And They're Funny Even If You Aren't High by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 8, 2014 4:00 PM CUT  Colorado Department of Transportation by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 8, 2014 4:00 PM CUT The Colorado Department of Transportation released a set of commercials that says it’s totally cool to get stoned to the point of incapacitation. 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 "undefined") 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. ([h/t: Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/colorado-smoking-pot-driving-ads-2014-3 "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/16346/the-colorado-state-government-made-these-ads-about-smoking-and-driving-and-theyre-funny-even-if-you-arent-high/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/16346/the-colorado-state-government-made-these-ads-about-smoking-and-driving-and-theyre-funny-even-if-you-arent-high/"},"headline":"The Colorado State Government Made These Ads About Smoking and Driving — And They're Funny Even If You Aren't High","datePublished":"2014-03-08T16:00:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:36.680Z","description":"The Colorado Department of Transportation unveiled a series of humorous commercials in which it's fine to get really stoned just as long as you are not behind the steering wheel -- part of the \"Drive High, Get a DUI\" campaign","url":"https://time.com/16346/the-colorado-state-government-made-these-ads-about-smoking-and-driving-and-theyre-funny-even-if-you-arent-high/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Marijuana","Colorado","dui","Ads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0acf6ea15cc07dca/6986847c06f2c1fd4b32dc36/screen-shot-2014-03-07-at-4-36-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0acf6ea15cc07dca/6986847c06f2c1fd4b32dc36/screen-shot-2014-03-07-at-4-36-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"high DUI colorado driving stoned marijuana","caption":"","creditText":"Colorado Department of Transportation","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/16346/the-colorado-state-government-made-these-ads-about-smoking-and-driving-and-theyre-funny-even-if-you-arent-high/","name":"The Colorado State Government Made These Ads About Smoking and Driving — And They're Funny Even If You Aren't High"}}]}] ```