Topic: Traffic fatalities

Recreational marijuana laws may boost traffic deaths, studies say

• Colorado starts “Cannabis Conversation” to drive honest dialogue about marijuana use behind the wheel
• Smartphones, marijuana and alcohol factoring into increase in pedestrian fatalities
• Saliva tests to screen drivers for marijuana proposed in Vermont
• Marijuana’s 4/20 holiday tied to rise in fatal car crashes
• Colorado is asking marijuana users why they drive high
• Is it safer to drive high than drunk? Efforts to curtail marijuana-impaired driving collide with attitudes, medicinal use
• Traffic fatalities linked to marijuana are up sharply in Colorado. Is legalization to blame?
• Legalizing recreational marijuana could increase traffic crashes, insurance-backed group warns
• Colorado man gets jail time, probation for driving high and causing fatal crash
• Eyes on the road: Study finds fewer traffic fatalities in medical marijuana states
• Probation rescinded: Man convicted in fatal wreck fails 10-plus drug tests