The growing acceptance and availability of marijuana in the U.S. has led to a substantial rise in the percentage of drivers under the influence of pot.
found that traffic fatalities increased by one per 1 million residents in Colorado, Washington and Oregon after they legalized recreational marijuana, but then returned to normal after a year. Other reviews have failed to yield conclusive results.
“Cannabis and alcohol have immediate effects on multiple driving skills in a dose-dependent fashion,’’ Glatter said, “but the effects of cannabis vary more between individuals than they do with alcohol mainly as a result of tolerance, method of inhalation or ingestion, and variable absorption of THC.’’Scott Krakower, a substance abuse treatment expert and assistant unit chief for psychiatry at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y.
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