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Federal cannabis policy has remained unchanged for over half a century. It’s long past it’s time to change our outdated policy of prohibition that has been used to criminalize our communities.
The states that have legalized marijuana are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, and Washington.. It’s important to point out that even in states where marijuana is legal, there are several laws about how much you’re allowed to carry on you, keep in your house, and transport — obviously, driving while high is a bad idea.
More than half of US adults, over 128 million people, have tried marijuana, despite it being an illegal drug under federal law. Nearly 600,000 Americans are arrested for marijuana possession annually – more than one person per minute. It’s time for the federal government to pass it under the federal law!!! So far, there are 16 total recreational marijuana states, 48 of the 50 states allow for some form of medical marijuana.
Is alcohol better than weed, or is it the other way around? It’s a debate that’s gone on for decades.
Generally speaking, weed tends to come with fewer risks than alcohol, but there are a lot of factors to consider. Plus, they’re unique substances that produce different effects, which makes side-by-side comparisons difficult.
In most cases, drinking alcohol is not life-threatening. However, when people consume too much alcohol, it can be fatal. The CDC reportsthat nearly 88,000 alcohol-related deaths occur each year. And binge drinking accounted for about half of these deaths.
In comparison, the number of deaths caused by marijuana is almost zero. A study found that a fatal dose of TCH, the potent chemical in marijuana, would be between 15 and 70 grams. To give you an idea of how much marijuana that is, consider that a typical joint contains about half a gram of marijuana. That means that you would have to smoke between 238 and 1,113 joints in a day to overdose on marijuana. That’s a lot of joints.
When it comes to what substance will put someone at risk for getting hurt or hurting others, alcohol is considered to cause the most harm.
A study on marijuana use and intimate partner violence found that couples who used marijuana had lower rates of intimate partner violence in the first 9 years of marriage. In fact, men who used marijuana were the least likely to commit an act of intimate partner violence against a spouse.
Driving stoned is considerably safer than driving drunk, but it is still dangerous.
Besides alcohol, marijuana is the most commonly detected drug in drivers involved in car accidents. One study found that marijuana increased the odds of being in car accident by 83%.
You may think that 83% is high, but when alcohol was involved, the odds of being in a car accident increased more than 2,200%!
When both alcohol and drugs were in the system, the risk of having a fatal car accident is especially high.
What’s the takeaway here? It’s never a good idea to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but especially both.
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