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*white=deaths in auto accidents NOT due to alcohol and/or drugs
*blue=deaths in auto accidents due to alcochol
*purple=deaths in auto accidents due to smoking marijuana
--Note how you can't see the purple!!
So you know those commercials that say smoking marijuana can affect your driving? Well here’s a fabulous chart I found on a website that shows some evidence disproving this claim. I’ve been a believer that smoking doesn’t affect driving skills. In fact, I can say that I’m a better driver when I’m high! I drive slower and I’m more aware of my surroundings. This chart also shows that driving under the influence of alcohol is more dangerous. But I think most of already know that! I mean like DUH!!
Yet this website completely disproves what I just said. Then again it is a government website. You be the judge, but I bet the person who came up with is stuff never drove high!!
Q: How does marijuana affect driving?
A: Marijuana has serious harmful effects on the skills required to drive safely: alertness, concentration, coordination, and reaction time. Marijuana use can make it difficult to judge distances and react to signals and sounds on the road.Marijuana may play a role in car accidents. In one study conducted in Memphis, TN, researchers found that, of 150 reckless drivers who were tested for drugs at the arrest scene, 33 percent tested positive for marijuana, and 12 percent tested positive for both marijuana and cocaine (1). Data have also shown that while smoking marijuana, people show the same lack of coordination on standard "drunk driver" tests as do people who have had too much to drink (8).
Yet this website completely disproves what I just said. Then again it is a government website. You be the judge, but I bet the person who came up with is stuff never drove high!!
Q: How does marijuana affect driving?
A: Marijuana has serious harmful effects on the skills required to drive safely: alertness, concentration, coordination, and reaction time. Marijuana use can make it difficult to judge distances and react to signals and sounds on the road.Marijuana may play a role in car accidents. In one study conducted in Memphis, TN, researchers found that, of 150 reckless drivers who were tested for drugs at the arrest scene, 33 percent tested positive for marijuana, and 12 percent tested positive for both marijuana and cocaine (1). Data have also shown that while smoking marijuana, people show the same lack of coordination on standard "drunk driver" tests as do people who have had too much to drink (8).
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