Study: Fatal Car Crashes Involving Marijuana Have Tripled (Harmless????)

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[Red in Blue PA]

Currently, one of nine drivers involved in fatal crashes would test positive for marijuana,” Dr. Guohua Li, director of the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention at Columbia, and co-author of the study told HealthDay News.

The researchers found that drugs played an increasing role in fatal traffic accidents. Drugged driving accounted for more than 28 percent of traffic deaths in 2010, which is 16 percent more than it was in 1999.

The researchers also found that marijuana was the main drug involved in the increase. It contributed to 12 percent of fatal crashes, compared to only 4 percent in 1999

If a driver is under the influence of alcohol, their risk of a fatal crash is 13 times higher than the risk of the driver who is not under the influence of alcohol,” Li said. But if the driver is under the influence of both alcohol and marijuana, their risk increased to 24 times that of a sober person.

[cableguymn]

I already do both ;)

Nice choice of dogs. I have two of them myself. Mine are so laid back one has to wonder if they are stoned 24/7.

[cableguymn]

well ya... they have to make the numbers report what they want ;)

[laotzu]

..put it down as a marijuana-related death

If you were sitting in your backyard drinking a beer, and the number three engine of a passing 747 tumbled out of the sky and crushed you, it would be put down as another alcohol related death.

[cableguymn]

or had recently used an alcohol based mouth wash.

[zeestephen]

I think you are much more likely to have serious legal problems, including civil lawsuits, if marijuana shows up in your drug screen.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Especially if you pull out in front of a Reno motorcycle cop with no impairment. Google to learn about some poor lady whose life was ruined because she let a high-speed “hero run into her car.