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More Drivers Killed Under the Influence of Drugs Than Alcohol

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In US News, Alexa Lardieri reports,

SOME 22.3 PERCENT OF fatally injured motorists who were tested for drugs tested positive for marijuana in 2016, a figure that researchers say has “increased substantially” in recent years as states have legalized the drug for recreational or medicinal use, according to a new report.

The finding, in a study released Thursday by the Governors Highway Safety Association, was one of several regarding the growing prevalence of drugs in vehicle fatalities. The report also found that 44 percent of drivers killed in automobile accidents in 2016 who were tested for drugs tested positive for one or more substances – a number that was up 28 percent from 10 years prior. That figure eclipsed the 37.9 percent who were known to have been tested for alcohol and tested positive – a figure that actually fell in the last decade, from 41 percent in 2006.

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Source: http://bobagard.blogspot.com/2018/06/more-drivers-killed-under-influence-of.html



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    • raburgeson

      Lack of education is part of the prohibition. Drunk people or stoned people should not operate machinery. Do you see this message being taught? If you have time to get shitfaced then wisely set aside time for it to wear off. Can’t you do this when you are eating and vegetating in front of the TV? You guys should not even be on a bicycle. Use some common sense. The nanny state should not exist and these actions are fuel. Quit bringing the world down around your necks. Being responsible will destroy the fine money they collect and the trial money they bring in. It’s all about the money, shut that off and the whole program collapses. I know big gov will make up another thing to attack with. They want to illegally search and steal your assets. If you are traveling, especially out of state and stopped you know this first hand. Highway robbery has been made legal. I sincerely doubt that pot is much of a cause. Look at all the stupid stuff out there like bath salts. Look up “most dangerous drugs”, search on youtube. There is stuff out there you have never heard of.

      I wonder how this accident rate stacks up against homicide by way of vehicle hacking? Giving up control of your vehicle may not be a wise choice.

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