Over 40% of Deceased Drivers in Motor Vehicle Crashes Test Positive for THC
www.facs.org
Average blood levels far exceed those considered to cause impairment.
  • astutemural@midwest.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    …in a single county in Ohio.

    Absolutely hate how orgs leave off infornation like that. This means bumfuckall if you live in, e.g. Madrid.

  • bklyn@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    this doesn’t say whether the drivers were found to be at fault, just that they died while under the influence. and it was conducted with 246 cases in a single county in Ohio. it’s hard to find a causal link without know a lot more.

    one interesting takeaway, though, is:

    The high rate of THC positivity remained consistent over six years and was unaffected by the state’s legalization of recreational cannabis during the study period.

    so, we have evidence that legalization doesn’t necessarily lead to an increase of related DUIs. although, this could just as easily indicate that, since legalization, public consumption by those who drive high hasn’t increased, and that all that changed is where they buy their weed.

    hopefully, this will lead to larger, more well-rounded studies on this subject.

    • cyberfae@piefed.socialEnglish
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      3 days ago

      just that they died while under the influence

      We don’t even know that since cannabis can linger in the system for over a week after getting high. It’s very hard to objectively test if someone is actively under it’s influence, best we have is watching for behaviours that could easily be caused by any number of other factors.