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Think Before You Drug and Drive

According to Reefer Sanity by Kevin Sabet...​

  • Marijuana use significantly increases the risk of a car crash.
 
  • Marijuana levels are difficult to interpret, unlike alcohol, where we do have reliable bio markers to help determine whether a person was driving while intoxicated.

  • A test for marijuana would test positive even if the user smoked days before and was not impaired at the time of the test.

  • "It is extremely difficult to establish a blood concentration level that correlates to impairment levels for marijuana" (p. 101)
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  • "Marijuana impairs a driver's sense of spatial location and sense of time and speed, whereas alcohol impairs speed and reaction time" (p. 101)
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  • Wisconsin has a zero-tolerance law for THC-impaired driving (GHSA)
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  • 12.6% of weekend nighttime drivers in 2013-2014 had THC in their system (compared to 8.6% in 2007)
 
  • The number of drivers who have been killed in crashes who tested positive for marijuana have doubled from 2007 to 2015
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  • A 2017 AAA report surveyed American drivers ages 16 and older; 65.8 percent felt it was unacceptable to drive after using marijuana
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  • After alcohol, marijuana is the drug most often linked to drugged driving (CDC)
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  • Often, drivers are found with marijuana and alcohol in their systems (TIME)

  • Pot and alcohol have a greater impact on driving when used together (TIME)

  • Marijuana impairs cognitive skills, lane tracking, and motor skills (NHTSA)
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  • THC negatively impacts a driver's ability to multitask, which is crucial for driving (NHTSA)

Marijuana-Impaired Driving: A Report to Congress (2017)

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