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The study found that "after adjusting for age, gender, race and alcohol use, drivers who tested positive for marijuana were no more likely to crash than those who had not used any drugs or alcohol prior to driving". [3] The study however cautions that "these results do not indicate that drug use by drivers is risk-free."
Car crashes due to drunk driving grew only 9.4% during the same time period, although the raw numbers of alcohol-related accidents was in the thousands, not the hundreds as with cannabis.
That hasn’t stopped lawmakers from setting limits in an attempt to crack down on accidents. Cannabis intoxication limits vary by state — anywhere from zero to 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood .
The report, issued by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said that car accidents reported to police in three states that had legalized marijuana sales—Colorado, Washington, and Oregon ...
Total includes fatalities in crashes in which there was no driver (includes motorcycle riders) present. In 2016, the states with the fewest fatalities due to alcohol-impaired drivers were Utah and Mississippi, with 128 and 52 killed (19%). [6] Among drivers with BAC levels of 0.08% or higher involved in fatal crashes, 75% are aged between 21 ...
1937 poster warning U.S. drivers against drunk driving. Driving under the influence (DUI) is the offense of driving, operating, or being in control of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs (including recreational drugs and those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely. [1]
One study on crashes in Washington state, which has legalized recreational marijuana use, showed that more drivers involved in fatal crashes tested positive for marijuana after it became legal ...
Percentage of US car crash fatalities where driver blood alcohol level was .01 and above, 1999–2012. Drunk driving is one of the largest risk factors that contribute to traffic collisions. As of 2015, for people in Europe between the age of 15 and 29, driving under the influence of alcohol has been one of the main causes of mortality. [22]