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Posted by bookofjoe 3 days ago

Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study(www.facs.org)
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throw20251220 3 days ago|
That may mean a lot of things. Maybe non-smokers got good at eliminating people who recently smoked.
casey2 1 day ago||
The sign of a brittle system is constant feeling to restrict user freedom
cubefox 3 days ago||
Could this mean that THC is more dangerous for vehicle safety than alcohol?
pixl97 3 days ago||
With this information alone, no we cannot tell.

For example if we took random samples of the population and tested them for marijuana usage, what percentage would test positive?

Next, this study is only talking about marijuana testing, how many of the same group also tested positive for alcohol (or other impairing drugs). Lets make up fake numbers and say 60% of total fatalities had alcohol or other impairing drugs and the overlap between them and marijuana use was 80% then marijuana is rather insignificant.

We have to have all the details so we don't fall into a base rate fallacy.

dragonwriter 3 days ago|||
Well, its the wrong universe of analysis to make that claim and there is no comparative measure of alcohol exposure in the same universe of analysis so it also fails to provide a basis for any alcohol/THC comparison, so, no?
reop2whiskey 3 days ago||
It is entirely possible THC is more dangerous for vehicle safety than alcohol and that wouldn’t surprise me. But based on this study alone? No.
iLoveOncall 3 days ago||
And what share of the remaining 60% were killed by the initial 40%?
kube-system 3 days ago|
And likewise, what share of that 40% were killed by the other 60%? Fault was not evaluated here.
mperham 3 days ago||
Phones are by far the biggest source of dangerous driving.
theturtle 3 days ago||
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kenfichtler 2 days ago||
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morpheos137 3 days ago||
The push for marijuana normalization has been one of the stupidest things in recent memory. It's a drug as harmful as alcohol or nicotine if misused.
amazingman 3 days ago||
Cant wait for this tissue-thin abstract to drive weeks and years of anti-cannabis nonsense.
codr7 3 days ago|
I bet 100% of them had been drinking water recently.
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