Posted on 08/28/2017 6:09:36 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Federal and state data show that the number of drivers involved in fatal crashes in Colorado who tested positive for marijuana has more than doubled since 2013. A Denver Post analysis of the data and coroner reports provides the most comprehensive look yet into whether roads in the state have become more dangerous since the drug's legalization.
It shows that Increasingly potent levels of marijuana were found in positive-testing drivers who died in crashes in Front Range counties.
The trends coincide with the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado.
However, Colorado transportation and public safety officials say the rising number of pot-related traffic fatalities cannot be definitively linked to legalized marijuana.
The industry counters that the data is imprecise and does not definitively link fatal crashes to marijuana use.
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Gee I thought marijuana was benign.
You know, used for medicinal purposes....
They need to look to the greedy people who decided to legalize this idiocy. By the way,this problem is only part of the overall problem that also affects other states. I think law enforcement folks can vouch for this.
They need to look to the greedy people who decided to legalize this idiocy. By the way,this problem is only part of the overall problem that also affects other states. I think law enforcement folks can vouch for this.
The denial is there, alright, except it’s yours.
All the drivers would test positive for hemoglobin, too, but that doesn’t mean it is a factor in their deaths.
I haven’t seen the 35% number, and I have emphasized that my issue is recreational use. As I said, if I had your problems, I might well do likewise. Good luck
Someone just told me that there are varieties with 35% THC. If I had a medical condition that pot mitigated, I would consider using it. But, you are right, what we’ve lived through is analogous to the switch from beer to gin (see Hogarth) or other distilled spirits. As a recreational drug, pot is going to create a lot of highly impaired “citizens”.
Someone just told me that there are varieties with 35% THC. If I had a medical condition that pot mitigated, I would consider using it. But, you are right, what we’ve lived through is analogous to the switch from beer to gin (see Hogarth) or other distilled spirits. As a recreational drug, pot is going to create a lot of highly impaired “citizens”.
I’ve always thought that if they actually tested for weed in all accidents, they’d find it more often than not...
but I trust my instincts...
I predict that we'll get all these studies about how bad weed is and then we'll get whole new depts. and programs to combat it, of course having to raise taxes and fees significantly...
we'll have weed education now in grade school...
thanks you stupid, stupid, silly people...
Amen!
Spot On. I was going to post something similar.
The Brady Bunch used to quote gun crime in percentages instead of numbers. I remember when they touted Clinton's AR ban decreasing crime by those guns by 33%. Turns out those crimes dropped from, IIRC, .66 to ,44 of one percent.
Lying with STATISTICS, I do not smoke but I did in the 60S, long before most of the knee jerk reactions here, and there was not an EPIDEMIC of people dying from smoking Pot...there is an increasing incidence of it being found in the blood of the dead drivers, citation required..
You are funny! I don’t think hemoglobin slows response time, or causes hallucinations.
Itsy amazing you got them off the couch.
Must’ve been a taco bell run
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