Marijuana and Driving: A Review of the Scientific Evidence
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Marijuana and Driving: A Review of the Scientific Evidence
It is well established that alcohol increases accident risk. Evidence of marijuana's culpability in on-road driving accidents is much less convincing.
Although cannabis intoxication has been shown to mildly impair psychomotor skills, this impairment does …
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…had a responsibility rate below that of the drugfree drivers. ... While the difference was not statistically significant, there was no indication that cannabis by itself was a cause of fatal crashes.
REFERENCE: K. Terhune. 1992. The incidence and role of drugs in fatally injured drivers. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Report No. DOT HS 808 065.
Additional information can be found at http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Misc/driving/s1p2.htm
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