Legal Cannabis Leads To Less Impaired Driving

According to a new study, states that have legalized cannabis have seen fewer instances of impaired driving.

The analysis of self-reported driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC) found that people are less likely to drive within three hours of consuming cannabis in states that have legalized it for medical or recreational use compared to non-legal states.

“The risk of self-reported DUIC was significantly lower in recreational and medical states than in neither states,” the study authors wrote. “Current cannabis users in recreational and medical only cannabis states were significantly less likely to report driving within three hours of getting high in the past 30 days, compared to current users living in states without legal cannabis.”

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