Study: Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana a Greater Threat to Teens Than Alcohol

February 24, 2012

  • February 24, 2012 at 6:13 am
    anonymous says:
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    More common =/= greater threat

    Just a moron reporter misinterpreting a study of teenagers self-reporting, with no objective measurement of danger.

  • February 24, 2012 at 9:22 am
    Robert Vessel says:
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    This study seems to be only about attitudes. In order to determine whether marijuana use affects driving, the only scientific basis is a double blind study pitting users under the influence and not under the influence in driving tests. Some of our greatest “boarders” whether skate, snow, or surf have been “stoners.”

  • February 24, 2012 at 11:15 am
    james says:
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    It has been a while since I attended high school; but what I remember about “Stoners” is they drove the safest. They never drove fast, always slow, as in paranoid slow. It was everyone around them that drove dangerous trying to get around the pot users. I have seen a lot of drunk people plow into stalled cars in the road. The stoners stopped ten car lengths back and then passed slowly by the stall vehicle. I wonder if the quoted source has some sort of agenda because what is in this article is nothing like my life experiences in high school and the next 3 decades after around people who use pot.

    • February 27, 2012 at 4:47 pm
      Kevin says:
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      So, you don’t think people driving paranoid slow is an increase in danger? Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find well-done, unbiased studies on Marijuana’s effects. This article really doesn’t tell us anything about the actual danger, just the perception of it.

      Your bias is pretty obvious by your reply. Any police officer would tell you a paranoid slow driver is a danger on the roads as well.

  • February 24, 2012 at 3:37 pm
    MP says:
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    Impaired driving, no matter what the reason is a big problem. Studies have shown someone three hours past their normal bedtime perform worse on impairment tests than someone at a .08 alcohol limit.

    This headline is misleading, implying that impairment due to cannabis/marijuana intoxication is more dangerous than alcohol impairment. It is the ATTITUDE toward cannabis/marijuana that is potentially more dangerous not the substance itself.

    I wonder what the study would show in regards to lack of sleep, prescription drugs, over the counter cold/flu medicines, cell phones, eating while driving etc.

    The real problem is a general lack of regard and resulting lack of education that continues our overall ambivalence to the necessary precautions we should all make part of our safe driving habits.

    The biggest habit should be to not get behind the wheel when you’re impaired for ANY reason being it a long late night (even sans intoxicants), wacked out on Nyquil, Vicodin etc.

  • February 24, 2012 at 7:28 pm
    PhilDeBowl says:
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    Exactly right,at 67 years I have driven may miles in many conditions and I ca
    say that the most dangerous driving,besides the unavoidable bee in the cab,is when
    you need sleep,next too much alcohol and least dangerous is cannabis.
    Even on the label of Marinol it says to avoid driving or operating machinery UNTII
    you know how it effects you,and that stuff is straight (synthetic)THC.Would I trust
    riding with a first time user of cannabis,no,but after you become familiar to
    the effects of cannabis you realize it is NOT like being drunk.
    This is just another BS news item ment to promulgate the governments lies.

  • February 24, 2012 at 8:42 pm
    Mrs. Sunshine says:
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    This is nothing more than an opinion poll claiming to be a study. Many organizations like MADD attempt to vilify cannabis but it’s articles like this that make those who believe the plant provides benefits to strengthen their belief and continue the fight for legalization.

  • February 24, 2012 at 8:53 pm
    She says:
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    You’re always looking for an excuse to deny money to people. I hope you will ask GOD’S forgiveness for doing this kind of evil before you die and face judgement. You’re judging GOD on this issue.

  • February 25, 2012 at 7:26 pm
    333maxwell says:
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    So let me get this right, 1 in 5 kids say they smoke grass and drive, yet only 13 percent of them say they drink and drive?

    Yet the facts are clear that the majority of teenage wrecks that end in fatalities have alcohol involved.

    And yet the author has surmised that this makes marijuana more dangerous then alcohol, even though there is one significant statistical fact, teens statistically get killed more often when they drink and drive than not, considerably more teen deaths are alcohol related than not… and marijuana would be in that ‘not’ category..

    The math nor logic adds up.. It doesn’t pass the smell test.

  • February 27, 2012 at 12:34 pm
    stelablue says:
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    I did not see where there was an indication the marijuana was a greater threat than alcohol for driving. Everyone should be careful when they drive and should not be drinking, using prescription drugs or smoking pot.
    That being said, I am sad that various groups continue to try to sensationalize marijuana use for political purposes.

    • March 12, 2012 at 10:48 am
      333maxxwell says:
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      Hi Stella..

      “I did not see where there was an indication the marijuana was a greater threat than alcohol for driving.”

      Hi Stella..

      The Story is titled ‘Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana a Greater Threat to Teens Than Alcohol’. Threat is not only implied but flat out stated.

      On the flip side.. I certainly agree with your basic gist that the conclusions of the study it’s self did not indicate a threat level. Why the ‘journalist’ who put this together decided to title his story this way, is anyone’s guess.

  • February 27, 2012 at 2:20 pm
    Susan says:
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    It was so nice to see so many other people who smelled the bs factor in this article from a MILE away.



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