The updated curriculum -- “Shifting Gears: the Blunt Truth about Marijuana and Driving' -- will be taught to about 52,000 young drivers per year in 700 Massachusetts driving school locations.
explains how tetrahydrocannabinol , the active chemical in marijuana, affects a person’s ability to drive safely.
“Having a curriculum that informs soon-to-be drivers is critically important because cannabis-impaired driving is a public safety risk just like alcohol but there isn’t a real understanding or appreciation for what that impairment does to you and how important it is as a licensee to be responsible about your actions. Not only for your own public safety but also for your passengers and other motorists,” said the lieutenant governor said.
“After the state legalized recreational marijuana the proportion of people killed in car crashes in Washington who had recently used marijuana and were impaired by THC doubled,” said Gugliotta. “Unfortunately, many people don’t understand that marijuana is just as dangerous as alcohol. This means that when marijuana was legalized in Washington, more people than ever before decided to get behind the wheel after using cannabis.
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