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ismnotwasm

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21. This is true
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 04:25 PM
Aug 2015

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.


http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/08/20/fatal-crashes-involving-marijuana-double-in-washington/32084631/
I've always felt that it should never have been declared a schedule 1 narcotic. PatrickforO Aug 2015 #1
I think that it may very well be a good treatment for chronic pain - hedgehog Aug 2015 #4
My understanding is that they've been suppressed, or are internal efforts by big pharma to develop PatrickforO Aug 2015 #12
There is a synthetic THC drug TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #19
I'm currently conducting research on cannabis for Raynauds, reflux, and peripheral neuropathy NightWatcher Aug 2015 #22
I think it would be good to legalize it shenmue Aug 2015 #2
There's some research, we need more! ellisonz Aug 2015 #3
It's possible that it inhibits rapid cell division without attacking the bone marrow hedgehog Aug 2015 #6
Side Effects of Marijuana ellisonz Aug 2015 #9
If it had always been legal, many of these specious 'pot can do anything' stories would not exist. onehandle Aug 2015 #5
Exactly! hedgehog Aug 2015 #7
:/ Go Vols Aug 2015 #11
Well you could go and read up on the research already done. Rex Aug 2015 #8
Indeed Oilwellian Aug 2015 #13
smoking it, alone, doesn't help kill cancer NathanSharp Aug 2015 #10
What part of the East do you live in? Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #14
... ellisonz Aug 2015 #17
educate yourself on the evidence thus far... wildbilln864 Aug 2015 #15
Dr. Christina Sanchez might be able to explain it nationalize the fed Aug 2015 #16
It's medicinal properties are fascinating ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #18
I'm not denying that DUIs have probably gone up XemaSab Aug 2015 #20
This is true ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #21
because it likely does it in a different way eShirl Aug 2015 #23
I think the medical claims are exaggerated. But if Obama would take it off Schedule 1 we could.... Logical Aug 2015 #24
I live in Washington PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #25
It's less harmful than Booz . orpupilofnature57 Aug 2015 #26
I can think of several friends who smoked who died of cancer. So it doesn't "cure cancer" hollowdweller Aug 2015 #27
chemotherapy is like a blunt instrument virtualobserver Aug 2015 #28
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