Studies Find Crash Rates Rise When States Legalize Marijuana; Suggest Link to Alcohol June 17, 2021 Researchers report increasing evidence is that motor vehicle crash rates rise when states legalize recreational use and retail sales of...
Data Show Car Accidents Up in States That First Legalized Marijuana December 28, 2018 Crashes are up by as much as six percent in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, compared with neighboring states that...
National Safety Board Calls for Standards for Drugged Driving Tests October 18, 2018 By Ryan Beene and Alan Levin U.S. transportation safety officials are sounding the alarm on drug-impaired driving, calling for state and federal regulators to do more...
Study Suggests Pedestrian Fatalities May be Linked to Smartphone, Marijuana Use March 1, 2018 For the second year in a row, nearly 6,000 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. in...
Many Weed-Smoking Canadian Drivers Say They Can Drive Unimpaired: Insurers May 18, 2016 By Emma Orr Almost half of weed-smoking Canadian drivers say that they can safely operate a vehicle while stoned. Among Canadians who have...
Uptick in Fatal Crashes Involving Marijuana in Utah May 17, 2016 Utah officials say the number of fatal car wrecks in Utah in which drivers tested positive for marijuana has more...
Drugged Driving Increases While Drunk Driving Decreases February 9, 2015 The nation’s decades-long campaign to combat drunk driving continues to make our roads safer, but use of marijuana and prescription...