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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (37799)	1/15/2013 5:06:09 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 85487

Smoke and Mirrors: Driving While High on Marijuana Doubles One’s Chances of a Serious Car CrashBy [url=]Katherine Harmon[/url] \| February 9, 2012 \| 26 [url=]Share[/url] [url=]Email[/url] Print Image courtesy of iStockphoto/Cabezonication Booze is behind an estimated 2.1 million car accidents each year in the U.S.—which cause almost 11,000 traffic fatalities annually. But many drug users have claimed that a few puffs of pot before getting behind the wheel are perfectly harmless. A new study, however, shows that drivers who smoke marijuana within a few hours of hitting the road are almost twice as likely as stone-sober motorists to be in a crash that results in serious injury or death. Authors of the new paper, published online Thursday in the British Medical Journal(BMJ), sifted through nine previous studies to develop a clearer picture of the risks to users who light up before revving up. Previous studies have left the effects of marijuana on its own—when not combined with alcohol or other drugs— a little hazy.

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