larrylechuga
08-09-2010, 05:55 PM
The risks aren't too bad, according to Dale Gieringer of California NORML...
Fortunately, there exists extensive evidence showing that marijuana, unlike alcohol, does not pose a major highway safety hazard, and that liberal marijuana laws have no adverse impact on highway safety.
Studies on marijuana and driving safety are remarkably consistent, though greatly under-publicized because they fail to support the government's anti-pot line. Eleven different studies of more than 50,000 fatal accidents have found that drivers with marijuana-only in their system are on average no more likely to cause accidents than those with low, legal levels of alcohol below the threshold for DUI.
Read more: Viewpoints: Risk of stoned drivers minimal with Prop. 19 - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial | Sacramento Bee (http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/08/2943086/risk-of-stoned-drivers-minimal.html#ixzz0w8HdfEB7)
Fortunately, there exists extensive evidence showing that marijuana, unlike alcohol, does not pose a major highway safety hazard, and that liberal marijuana laws have no adverse impact on highway safety.
Studies on marijuana and driving safety are remarkably consistent, though greatly under-publicized because they fail to support the government's anti-pot line. Eleven different studies of more than 50,000 fatal accidents have found that drivers with marijuana-only in their system are on average no more likely to cause accidents than those with low, legal levels of alcohol below the threshold for DUI.
Read more: Viewpoints: Risk of stoned drivers minimal with Prop. 19 - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial | Sacramento Bee (http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/08/2943086/risk-of-stoned-drivers-minimal.html#ixzz0w8HdfEB7)