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Originally Posted by WarChild
It's not for the USA, it's for France but it at least gives some actual numbers based on real measurments.
Of course people stoned driving cars cause fatalities, that's a no brainer.
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A 2005 study by French researchers Bernard Laumon and colleagues suggests driving while under the influence of marijuana, or cannabis, contributes to fatal car crashes. Researchers compiled data given by French police after administering blood and urine tests confirming the presence of marijuana in the systems of 10,748 drivers involved in fatal car accidents. The study found that driver usage of cannabis resulted in 2.5 percent of the fatalities.
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And lets examine that. Their conclusion was that cannabis use resulted in 2.5% of fatalities because thc was found in the sytems of 10,748 drivers involved in fatal crashes. That conclusion is inherently flawed for obvious reasons, the biggest being that marijuana will stay in someones system for weeks after use. This has been a huge debate here in Colorado as lawmakers are continually attempting to put on the books a legal limit for marijuana and driving, as there is for alcohol, but every time they do evidence is presented that shows how much does stay in your system when a person is actually sober and the bill gets killed.
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword...ood_te st.php
I am not advocating smoking and driving, nor do I think it makes one a better driver like frank has implied. But it does not effect ones motor skills like other substances and in no way should be compared to alcohol when it comes to driving or anything else for that matter.