Amy Ford, Director of Communications for the Colorado Dept. of Transportation, announces a new “Drive High, Get A DUI” campaign, a TV-and-radio attempt to remind drivers that newly legal weed should be treated like alcohol and not consumed before driving.
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A study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concludes that driving after smoking marijuana does not make you more likely to get into a car crash — especially when compared to driving after alcohol consumption.

Researchers studied 9,000 drivers over the past year to examine marijuana’s impact on driving. Although 25 percent of marijuana users were more likely to be involved in a car crash than people who did not use the drug, gender, age, and race/ethnicity of marijuana users were considered, demographic differences actually contributed substantially […]