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In reply to the discussion: I'm all for legalizing marijuana, but I have to take the claim that [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,919 posts)21. This is true
There is a more definitive test that can be used for remote vs recent use--we use it on patients who have possible substance abuse issues during the pre or post transplant process, but I doubt they used it in this case.
Anyway-here's an article:
SEATTLE - The Washington Traffic Safety Commission says more marijuana-using drivers are getting into fatal crashes.
Data released Tuesday indicate that the number of Washington drivers involved in deadly crashes who tested positive for active marijuana doubled from 2013 to 2014 - the first year of legal marijuana sales in the state.
Commission member Shelly Baldwin says that's alarming - especially considering that the number of alcohol-related fatal crashes has been dropping.
The number of drivers involved in fatal crashes who tested positive for active THC, the main psychoactive compound in marijuana, had held fairly steady from 2010 to 2013 - between 32 and 38 per year. That number jumped to 75 in 2014, and about half were above the state's legal limit for marijuana-impaired driving.
The commission says many of those drivers also tested positive for alcohol or other drugs.
Data released Tuesday indicate that the number of Washington drivers involved in deadly crashes who tested positive for active marijuana doubled from 2013 to 2014 - the first year of legal marijuana sales in the state.
Commission member Shelly Baldwin says that's alarming - especially considering that the number of alcohol-related fatal crashes has been dropping.
The number of drivers involved in fatal crashes who tested positive for active THC, the main psychoactive compound in marijuana, had held fairly steady from 2010 to 2013 - between 32 and 38 per year. That number jumped to 75 in 2014, and about half were above the state's legal limit for marijuana-impaired driving.
The commission says many of those drivers also tested positive for alcohol or other drugs.
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/08/20/fatal-crashes-involving-marijuana-double-in-washington/32084631/
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I've always felt that it should never have been declared a schedule 1 narcotic.
PatrickforO
Aug 2015
#1
My understanding is that they've been suppressed, or are internal efforts by big pharma to develop
PatrickforO
Aug 2015
#12
I'm currently conducting research on cannabis for Raynauds, reflux, and peripheral neuropathy
NightWatcher
Aug 2015
#22
It's possible that it inhibits rapid cell division without attacking the bone marrow
hedgehog
Aug 2015
#6
If it had always been legal, many of these specious 'pot can do anything' stories would not exist.
onehandle
Aug 2015
#5
I think the medical claims are exaggerated. But if Obama would take it off Schedule 1 we could....
Logical
Aug 2015
#24
I can think of several friends who smoked who died of cancer. So it doesn't "cure cancer"
hollowdweller
Aug 2015
#27