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Pot's Holiday Tied to Rise in Fatal Car Crashes

(12 Feb 2018) AN ANALYSIS OF 25 YEARS OF U-S CAR CRASH DATA FOUND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FATAL CAR CRASHES ON MARIJUANA USERS' ANNUAL APRIL 20 CELEBRATION. THE ANALYSIS LOOKED AT TRAFFIC DATA FROM 1992 TO 2016 — AND FOUND A 12 PERCENT OVERALL INCREASE. THE VANCOUVER RESEARCHERS SAYS THAT AMOUNTS TO AN EXTRA 142 DEATHS NATIONWIDE ON THE POT HOLIDAY 4/20. OTHER STUDIES LINKING ALCOHOL TO DRIVING HAVE FOUND ELEVATED RISKS ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY AND NEW YEAR'S EVE. COLORADO AND WASHINGTON STATE BECAME THE FIRST TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL USE IN 2012. DR. ANDREW MONTE — AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AND TOXICOLOGY EXPERT — SAYS STUDIES SHOW THAT MARIJUANA USE CAN INCREASE THE RISKS OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Andrew Monte, toxicology expert, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital: "Driving on that day may actually have some people that are intoxicated with with cannabis and that's the link here. I think it's very important to realize that this study does not show causation of cannabis use and motor vehicle collisions and/or fatal motor vehicle collisions."   IT'S STILL UNCLEAR HOW MUCH MARIJUANA HAS AFFECTED DRIVERS. IN COLORADO, AUTHORITIES BEGAN KEEPING STATISTIC IN 2014 AND SAY 15 PERCENT OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE CHARGES INVOLVE MARIJUANA. IN WASHINGTON IT'S A BIT PROBLEMATIC. SOUNDBITE (English) Rick Johnson, Washington State Patrol trooper: "We can't extract that DUI if it was marijuana as far as the drug or if it's another drug so we can't specify what exact drug, we can't pull that data.'' THE STUDY COMES AS CANADA THIS SUMMER IS EXPECTED TO LEGALIZE POT FOR RECREATIONAL USE. MEANWHILE, 4/20 CELEBRATION ORGANIZERS IN DENVER HAVE THIS MESSAGE FOR REVELERS. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rob Corry, attorney, 4/20 organizer: "If you're impaired in any way don't get behind the wheel. I mean, it's that's simple." IN THE MEANTIME, COLORADO IS OFFERING DISCOUNTED RIDES FOR POT USERS PARTAKING IN 4/20 FESTIVITIES. PETER BANDA, ASSOCIATED PRESS, DENVER Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...