San Fran to expunge over 9000 cannabis convictions

[EgoDeath]

First of all, it's not a six percent increase. So that's plain wrong.

"Legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado, Oregon and Washington has resulted in collision claim frequencies that are about 3 percent higher overall than would have been expected without legalization"

https://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopne...ed-crashes

So not only is it not a six percent increase because of cannabis (more like a 3 percent increase), but it's also still not 100% clear if cannabis legalization is what cause this 3 percent increase, as stated in the studies.

We need to be careful about throwing around information.

I think, with the information we have, it's, at best, safe to assume that cannabis legalization MAY cause a small increase in reported car collisions, but it still isn't clear whether drivers are impaired during said collisions or whether they simply have THC and other cannabinoids present in their blood. It's not as clear-cut as saying "legalizing weed causes a 6% increase in car collisions" - that's simply not true.

So are you being careful with throwing numbers around when you go and look for the lowest number you can find?
Did you notice that your source is older information?
Did you notice that my information was from the most recent studies?
I didn't exactly pull the 6% number out of my ass.  More studies are being done.

It's pretty much a fact that states with legal weed are having more accidents.  I'm not happy about this either. I basically think that smoking a little weed on our own time in our own homes shouldn't be illegal. But we do apparently have some dumbasses who think that legal weed means that it's OK to drive while stoned. I'm not arguing that we should not legalize weed. But we certainly need to address the stoned driving thing.

I didn't "look for the lowest number," I simply found the IIHS article that your article was referring to. The article you posted is referencing the information put out by the IIHS. If you have a study that is supposedly newer than the one done in 2017 by the IIHS, please link it so we can both be clear about what we're talking about. The article you posted also says, "The new reports do not prove there’s a direct risk caused by the use of marijuana among motorists."

You seem to be much more concerned about cannabis than about alcohol, with drunk-driving contributing to over 10,000 car deaths annually. If the issue is lowering the number of deaths from impaired drivers, certainly we should be weary of keeping alcohol legal as well.

Like I said, with the information we have, it's POSSIBLE that cannabis is causing more reported car collisions, but it's not proven. I also think it's very early in the game to start making any blanket statements.