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Cannabis and driving: Myth vs. reality
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For nearly a decade, a specialized team of prosecutors in my office has focused on drivers whose judgment and skills are impaired by drugs.
Despite the team’s efforts, the use of one drug – cannabis – continues to grow by leaps and bounds.
Stop the "green rush"→
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What I learned is that just because prohibition failed, it does not mean legalization is succeeding. Few of the most significant benefits legalization advocates promised were materializing. The thirst for profit and the interests of powerful corporations were swiftly sidelining small-scale producers and retailers, even as we filmed. The need to provide justice to the victims of the war on drugs has been lost in the “green rush.” It was the same old story: powerful corporate interests coopt a nominally progressive social movement and warp it to their own benefit.
Read MoreStudy: High drivers don’t think they’ll get caught→
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Nearly 70 percent of Americans think it’s unlikely a driver will get caught by police for driving while impaired by marijuana, per the latest findings from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The same study found that an estimated 14.8 million drivers, nationwide, report they’ve driven within one hour of using marijuana at least once in the past 30 days.
Read MoreMany drivers who test positive for marijuana have a child in the car, survey finds→
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Data from thousands of Washington state drivers shows many don’t realize cannabis can impair driving, experts say.
Read MoreHalf Of Marijuana Users In The US Think They’re Fine To Drive Stoned
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In a major national survey, most users added that they’d be comfortable in a car driven by someone high on cannabis.
Read MoreColorado politicians ignore major pot problems
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If Hickenlooper and Gardner cared to lead on this issue, they would tell the world about the rate of pot-involved traffic fatalities that began soaring in their state in direct correlation with the emergence of legal recreational pot and Big Marijuana. They would talk about Colorado's status as a national leader in the growth of homelessness, which all major homeless shelter operators attribute to commercialized, recreational pot.
Read MoreTraffic fatalities linked to marijuana are up sharply in Colorado. Is legalization to blame?→
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The number of drivers involved in fatal crashes in Colorado who tested positive for marijuana has risen sharply each year since 2013, more than doubling in that time, federal and state data show. A Denver Post analysis of the data and coroner reports provides the most comprehensive look yet into whether roads in the state have become more dangerous since the drug’s legalization.
Read MoreDrugged driving eclipses drunken driving in tests of motorists killed in crashes
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Of the drivers who tested positive for drugs, more than a third had used marijuana and more than 9 percent had taken amphetamines.
“As drunken driving has declined, drugged driving has increased dramatically, and many of today’s impaired drivers are combining two or more substances,” said Ralph S. Blackman, president of the foundation, a nonprofit founded and funded by a group of distillers.
Read MoreThe American Automobile Association Opposes Prop 64
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We have a genuine traffic-safety concern related to the legalization of recreation marijuana use, including marijuana candies, foods, and concentrates. It has taken generations to educate the driving public about drinking and driving and to strengthen laws to reduce drunk driving. Proposition 64 would create new traffic- safety issues and increase the problem of impaired driving.
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