A recent study, The Involvement of Marijuana in California Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes 1998-2008, by Al Crancer Jr. a retired research analyst for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has found that that passage of the upcoming California initiative this November “TC2010” as it is commonly known might triple the amount of traffic deaths of marijuana related deaths on California highways. No one is looking at the effect of the passage of this initiative on traffic deaths and injury, said Al Crancer, Jr. Everyone is focusing on the tax revenue benefit to the state of California.
The study showed that the largest increases in fatalities in fatal crashes where the driver tested positive for marijuana occurred over the 5 years following the establishment of the Medical Marijuana Program in January 2004. There were 1240 fatalities in fatal crashes where the driver tested positive for marijuana for the following five years, compared to the 631 fatalities for the five years before for an increase of almost 100%.
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