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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: mph who wrote (106142)6/17/2005 11:16:39 PM
From: Grainne  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
I wouldn't "let" a deer run in front of a car driven by a driver stoned on marijuana, because I have no control over deer. However, I would be less concerned than if the deer ran in front of a car driven by a drunk driver.

I realize this source is biased in favor of marijuana use, but it is really hard to find on the web or remember from real life any fatal accidents caused by stoned drivers, who usually drive below the speed limit and take no risky chances at all:

Australian Study Of 2,500 Injured Drivers Showed Those Who Used Marijuana
Less Likely To Have Caused Accident Than Even Drug-Free Drivers –

From The Canberra Times
letters.editor@canberratimes.com.au
canberratimes.com.au
October 21, 1998

STUDY GOES TO POT

ADELAIDE: Drivers who use marijuana are less likely to cause road accidents than drunk drivers or even drug-free drivers, a study has found.

The study, the most comprehensive of its kind in the world, prompted researchers to warn against diverting resources from anti-drink driving campaigns to campaigns against driving under the influence of drugs. Conducted by a team from the University of Adelaide’s pharmacology department and Transport SA, the study used analyses of blood samples from 2500 drivers injured in accidents in South Australia.

In their attempt to define whether cannabis and other drugs played a large role in road accidents, researchers used information from the police report on each crash to determine whether the injured driver was culpable.

Drug-free drivers caused the accidents in 53.5 per cent of cases.

Injured drivers with a blood-alcohol concentration of more than 0.05 per cent were culpable in nearly 90 per cent of accidents they were involved in.

Drivers with cannabis in their blood were less likely to cause an accident, with a culpability rate of 50.6 per cent.

marijuananews.com
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