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Drive Baked Get Busted Florida, impaired, drugged driving

Effects of Marijuana on Mental Health mental health, depression, anxiety, impaired, Psychosis, suicide, Drug Free America


2. Marijuana classification... CESAR

Long lasting effects of chronic heavy cannabis abuse. ncbi, chronic, impaired, delusions, Long-term, Studies, Research

The existence of hallucinations, delusions, and organic brain dysfunction in heavy cannabis users seems to be associated with cannabinoid levels in hair. The continuation of persistent symptoms 3 months after the discontinuation of cannabis abuse, was a remarkable finding. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: We provide evidence that chronic and heavy cannabis abuse results in long-lasting brain dysfunction in all users and in long-lasting schizophrenia-like psychotic symptoms in more than half of all users. These findings suggest a reevaluation of the current classification of cannabis as a "soft narcotic" which erroneously, therefore, is typically considered harmless. (Am J Addict 2017;XX:1-8).

Why Is It So Hard To Test Whether Drivers Are Stoned? Potency, impaired, drugged driving, DUI




Keizer mother sentenced to 11 years in prison for son's death Death, fire, impaired

"She said she didn't know where her son was, and then saw him standing in the living room and made the decision to walk to the manager's office for help instead of going in and getting him out," Nelson said.  By the time she returned, Sosa-Martinez could see her son through the flames, it wasn't too late.



Study analyzes how much pot impairs drivers impaired, driving, car crashes, TODAY, Studies

"But what we've found out is that as alcohol-impaired driving is going down, drug-impaired driving is going up." 

  • THC moves more rapidly than alcohol out of the bloodstream and into the body, making it harder to detect accurately with a blood test.
$55,000 cash bond imposed in unborn child's death impaired, Death, Fatalities, car crashes

 Russell admitted he had smoked marijuana at lunch and again as he drove to pick up his children in Brodhead, the criminal complaint indicates.“All I did was smoke a bowl of marijuana. It's not like I am high,” Russell is quoted as saying in the criminal complaint.“The defendant did not seem to understand that smoking marijuana and driving were illegal,” the complaint states

Driver admitted smoking pot before deadly Hwy. 281 crash car crashes 2, impaired, TX
What level of THC in blood causes driving impairment? driving, impaired, drug testing

Let us provide a rational answer to a nonsensical question. It is a nonsensical question because blood is never impaired by THC. Never. Alcohol doesn’t impair blood either. These drugs only impair the brain, not the blood.

Pot and pills the new choice for intoxicated drivers car crashes 2, impaired, Fatalities, pills, car crashes


Police: Crash leads to discovery of hash oil and marijuana car crashes, impaired, news article


Grand jury opts not to indict NASCAR's Tony Stewart in fatal incident Death, impaired

20-year-old Ward “was under the influence of marijuana” at the time of the Aug. 9 race at levels “enough to impair judgment.”

2014- Colorado Impact Study- Driving Impaired Section car crashes 2, impaired, Colorado-0



Marijuana use involved in more fatal accidents in Colorado Colorado-0, impaired, car crashes 2, Fatalities

They reported that Colorado underwent a significant increase in the proportion of drivers in a fatal motor vehicle crash who were marijuana-positive after the commercialization of medical marijuana in the middle of 2009. The increase in Colorado was significantly greater compared to the 34 non-medical marijuana states from mid-2009 to 2011.

Metro: Marijuana impairment rising among drivers car crashes 2, impaired, Las Vegas

During the last three years, Metro's forensics lab screened 4,500 blood samples for marijuana with the bulk of those being impaired drivers.
Metro said marijuana is dangerous because it slows down mental reactions and a driver's judgment of time and distance. Statewide records from 2002 to 2012 show 45 percent of drivers who were impaired by drugs had marijuana in their system.

Is Pot Getting More Potent? Potency, impaired
Don't Go to Pot Medical, car crashes 2, impaired, IQ





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