> DEA just said that "Marijuana no longer fits two of the three statutory requirements to remain schedule 1"

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I would link but it's all "marijuana daily" type websites and I don't want to visit sites like that.  So you'll have to trust me or google it yourself.

Every state that made it legal saw a big increase in veh accidents

AI Overview                 

Yes, most large-scale data and public health studies indicate that legalizing recreational marijuana is associated with a small but statistically significant increase in vehicle accidents and traffic fatalities. However, the data reveals complex nuances regarding driver behavior and how cannabis compares to other substances

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35838426/

https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/crash- … udies-show

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9318699/

https://www.codot.gov/safety/shift-into … -usa-today

https://www.facs.org/media-center/press … udy-shows/

https://www.jsad.com/do/10.15288/jsad-F … 22-9/full/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8049641/

https://www.mrblaw.com/study-crash-rate … marijuana/

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Now what

Those studies cherry pick association and do not discover causality. It's assumption by association by anti marijuana entities like yourself.

google, does not agree, and it;s a typical public woke bot
Research on whether marijuana legalization leads to an increase in traffic accidents or fatalities shows mixed, nuanced conclusions.

The overall impact varies significantly depending on whether the legalization is **medical** or **recreational**, how individual state data is modeled, and how impairment vs. presence of THC is measured.

**Medical Marijuana Legalization**

* **Fatalities Tend to Stay Flat or Decrease:** Most long-term demographic studies find that medical marijuana laws (MMLs) are associated with a slight **decrease or neutral change** in overall traffic fatalities.
* **The Substitution Effect:** Researchers attribute this drop primarily to the "substitution effect"—younger drivers substituting alcohol (which sharply increases risk-taking and crash likelihood) for medical cannabis, leading to fewer alcohol-impaired driving incidents overall.

**Recreational Marijuana Legalization**

* **Slight Increase in Minor/Injury Crashes:** Multi-state studies conducted by organizations like the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) consistently report a modest **5% to 7% increase in total crash rates and injury crashes** after commercial recreational sales begin.
* **Mixed Results on Fatalities:** Results regarding *fatal* crashes are conflicting across different studies:
* *Studies reporting an increase:* Some econometric models (such as studies from the University of Illinois Chicago and the *Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs*) observed a **2% to 10% increase in fatal crashes** in states like Colorado, Oregon, and Washington following retail launch.
* *Studies reporting no significant change:* Papers published in the *American Journal of Public Health* comparing early legal states against synthetic control groups found **no statistically significant change** in post-legalization motor vehicle fatality rates.



**Key Public Health Challenges**

* **Detection vs. Impairment:** Testing positive for THC in a post-crash drug screen indicates *prior use* (within days or weeks), not necessarily *active impairment* at the moment of driving. This distinction makes isolating the exact cause of fatal crashes difficult.
* **Compensatory Driving Behavior:** Driving simulator studies show that cannabis-impaired drivers often attempt to compensate by driving slower and leaving longer follow distances. While reaction times and lane-keeping deteriorate, this slower pace can reduce the severity of impacts—explaining why non-fatal injury crashes tend to rise more noticeably than high-speed fatal crashes.

There has been a large number of ER visits for vomiting (see article) and poisoning, sometimes in children who find gummies.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/d … s-syndrome

People who say it isn't as bad as alcohol could be right, but its not perfectly safe.

One thing that seems to be true is that it doesn't have a medical value except in very limited ways. Even though users swear by it to help with sleep, for instance,
most studies suggest it doesn't work.

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Wow, you must have several studies you can link which led you to conclude this, right?

It's fuqing Phildo. He just makes shyt up.

Ask him about about RNA coding for protein folding and he'll talk for hours despite all of it being bullshyt.

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Dope not to good

It appears you would know. Dope.

Spanky wrote:

All of the above is correct.

No it isn't.  There has been about 2% of the studies needed to establish medical uses.  Yes, it can be dangerous in a number of ways...but you and Phil aren't qualified to close the book on medical use even if you think you are.

  I've been telling them that for decades...

Phillip_McCavity wrote:

There has been a large number of ER visits for vomiting (see article) and poisoning, sometimes in children who find gummies.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/d … s-syndrome

People who say it isn't as bad as alcohol could be right, but its not perfectly safe.

One thing that seems to be true is that it doesn't have a medical value except in very limited ways. Even though users swear by it to help with sleep, for instance,
most studies suggest it doesn't work.

Just start with Glaucoma, stress and insomnia. For $50 a month instead of $5k like Merck would charge.
Why do you support big pharma?

True. A couple of Indica hits at night and you'll sleep like a baby

Beats having to take Temazepam and either getting addicted or developing a tolerance

Don't overdo it though..

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No it isn't.  There has been about 2% of the studies needed to establish medical uses.  Yes, it can be dangerous in a number of ways...but you and Phil aren't qualified to close the book on medical use even if you think you are.

Nah.

It’s common sense.

No substance exists that cures / treats dozens of conditions.

And marijuana won’t be that either.

I am not anti-marijuana. But we need to be honest about it.