TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Cannabis and impaired driving
JO  - JAMA journal of the American Medical Association
A1  - Cole, Thomas B.
A1  - Saitz, Richard
SP  - 2163
EP  - 2164
VL  - 324
IS  - 21
N2  - Impaired driving is a major cause of preventable death worldwide. Alcohol-impaired driving accounted for a mean of 19% (range, 3%-34%) of the motor vehicle crash deaths in 20 countries in 2016; in 2018, 29% of the 36 560 crash deaths in the US were attributed to impaired driving. By comparison, driving under the influence of cannabis was estimated to account for 8700 road traffic deaths worldwide in 2013. Alcohol and cannabis are often consumed together, and their combined use is associated with greater crash risk than the use of either substance alone. Notably, cannabinoids are the most commonly detected other drugs (besides alcohol) in fatally injured drivers (up to 15% in urban areas), and the prevalence is increasing...       Keywords: Cannabis impaired driving<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0098-7484
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.18544
ID  - ref1
ER  -