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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."
Unlike the blood alcohol limit — which is easier to define and detect with roadside tests — cannabis intoxication isn’t as clear cut. “The general rule is that higher doses result in more ...
The use of weed to replace alcohol is a growing trend in the United States. In fact, a recent study found — for the first time ever — the daily use of cannabis of any kind among Americans ...
Metabolites of cannabis are usually detectable in urine drug tests from 3 days up to 10 days according to Redwood Laboratories; heavy users can produce positive tests for 30 days or longer after ceasing cannabis use. [2] [3] The length of time may vary to some degree according to metabolism, quantity, and frequency of use. [4]
Many Mexicans also smoked marijuana to relax after working in the fields. [23] It was also seen as a cheaper alternative to alcohol, due to Prohibition (which went into effect nationally in 1920). [24] Later in the 1920s, negative tensions grew between the small farms and the large farms that used cheaper Mexican labor.
Cannabis (/ ˈ k æ n ə b ɪ s /), [2] commonly known as marijuana (/ ˌ m æ r ə ˈ w ɑː n ə /), [3] weed, and pot, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various ...
Kevin Winter/Getty Images Pete Davidson has put in the work while in rehab to stop using some substances — but he still has a vice for marijuana. “I can't quit [weed] yet. It's all I have left ...
On November 27, 2012, after voters in the states of CO and WA voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced a bill referred to as the 'Respect States and Citizens Rights Act' which aimed to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude any state that has legalized marijuana (for medical OR recreational ...