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Two main questions arise in the law surrounding driving after having ingested cannabis: (1) whether cannabis actually impairs driving ability, and (2) whether the common practice of testing for THC (the main psychoactive substance in cannabis) is a reliable means to measure impairment. On the first question, studies are mixed.
While cannabis use is associated with cognitive and motor impairment, Dr. Godfrey Pearlson, a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Yale University, cautioned that legal limits for THC ...
Cannabis intoxication limits vary by state — anywhere from zero to 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood. But most clinical researchers say those numbers don’t correlate with impairment.
It's both unsafe and illegal—despite changing marijuana laws in the U.S. ... 2022 car crash that killed six Oklahoma high school ... driving and cannabis should be a simpler path—and experts ...
Now, cannabis has been fully legalized for recreational use in 24 states, three U.S. territories and Washington D.C., with most states having some sort of state nullification of federal cannabis laws. [32] In 1969, Gallup conducted a poll asking Americans whether "the use of marijuana should be legal" with only 12% at the time saying yes. [33]
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
States, she said, need to collect more data on how legalizing marijuana has affected traffic safety, and they need to start enforcing laws against driving while impaired by cannabis.
The NAACP has been strong supporters of the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act – H.R. 1523 and has reached out to members of congress to get this act passed. [160] This act is designed to decrease penalties for low-level marijuana possession and supports prohibiting federal enforcement of marijuana laws in states which have lesser penalties. [161]