Nachdem Kanada Cannabis legalisiert hatte, erwischte die Polizei weitere betrunkene Fahrer
https://theconversation.com/after-canada-legalized-cannabis-police-caught-more-drunk-drivers-272244
Nachdem Kanada Cannabis legalisiert hatte, erwischte die Polizei weitere betrunkene Fahrer
https://theconversation.com/after-canada-legalized-cannabis-police-caught-more-drunk-drivers-272244
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It’s fascinating to me how differently drinking is treated vs. smoking even though there’s virtually no health benefits from drinking and the health costs to smoking is likely to same. We lived for a long time with the myth a bit of alcohol was good for you, now that studies have come out disproving that, it’s the ‚don’t be the no fun police‘ argument and the obvious tax revenues at stake make governments silent on it. At least smokers don’t pass out and crash their vehicle wiping out entire families.
Meanwhile smokers are treated like lepers, and there’s all the complaining about young people vaping.
More likely that cops didn’t really ever test for cannabis as most drivers on cannabis drive just fine with no need to pull them over. Whereas alcohol or other drugs do. Evidenced by people only really testing positive for cannabis after an accident, whereas people are much more likely to get a DUI from a road stop than being stopped for cannabis.
I find myself utterly confused by the point of this article after reading it. I assumed the thesis was that cannabis led to higher rates of impaired driving, but after a short spike, levels continued to decrease and are now LOWER than before legalization.
It doesn’t seem to end with any real conclusion – it admits after 2020 the decline continued at pace, and then adds a totally generic arrive alive message.
I agree with the other commenter – this is an indictment of alcohol, not weed.
Am I missing something?
ETA: Also their graphs are ugly.