{"id":535,"date":"2020-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/driving-under-influence-of-marijuana-at-least-twice-as-dangerous-as-alcohol\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:40:10","slug":"driving-under-influence-of-marijuana-at-least-twice-as-dangerous-as-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/driving-under-influence-of-marijuana-at-least-twice-as-dangerous-as-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Under Influence of Marijuana at Least Twice as Dangerous as Alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A study prepared by researchers from Columbia University concludes that drivers under the influence of marijuana are more than twice as likely to cause motor vehicle accidents. The report, entitled Marijuana Use and Motor Vehicle Crashes which was a metanalysis of prior studies, found:<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, drivers who test positive for marijuana or self-report using marijuana are more than twice as likely as other drivers to be involved in motor vehicle crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Marijuana is now legal for those persons in Michigan over the age of 21, and it is expected that more people than ever will be driving after consuming products containing marijuana. However, debate still exists as to whether and how much marijuana use actually impacts a driver\u2019s ability.\u00a0 Much more rigorous study must be done.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/driving-under-influence-of-marijuana-at-least-twice-as-dangerous-as-alcohol\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Driving Under Influence of Marijuana at Least Twice as Dangerous as Alcohol\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study prepared by researchers from Columbia University concludes that drivers under the influence of marijuana are more than twice as likely to cause motor vehicle accidents. The report, entitled Marijuana Use and Motor Vehicle Crashes which was a metanalysis of prior studies, found: Specifically, drivers who test positive for marijuana or self-report using marijuana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-owi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Driving Under Influence of Marijuana at Least Twice as Dangerous as Alcohol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Several studies have suggested that driving under the influence of marijuana is at least twice as dangerous as alcohol. 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