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CANNABIS AFFECT DRIVING FOR WEEKS * USA
* USA - Study: Pot smoking could affect driving for weeks
Washington,D.C.,USA -The Car Connection, by Bengt Halvorson -Mar 4, 2013: ... There’s definitely evidence to suggest recent use might, even at somewhat low levels, increase the chances of an accident. But with recreational use now legal in Colorado and Washington, and medical use now allowed in a number of other states, what are ‘safe’ driving levels of THC (the active ingredient), and for how long after smoking should one be considered impaired?... According to new research appearing in Clinical Chemistry (full study), the journal of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC), cannabis can be detected in the blood, at a level that might affect driving, for weeks after the last 'intake' ... To help keep it all in perspective, drunk drivers are ten times more likely to be the cause of fatal car accidents than stoned drivers. Yet results from a 2005 study in the journal Addiction found that regular cannabis smokers had about ten times the level of car-crash injuries when compared with those who abstained or used infrequently... What this calls for—at least as a release accompanying the new results suggests—is a unified 'per se' drugged driving policy—meaning that any detectable amount of a controlled substance could potentially be grounds for finding the driver guilty of impaired driving...* Nevada - TCA board approves policy changes on drug policies, sleep disorders and onboard technologies
Las Vegas,NEV,USA -Fleet Owner -Mar. 6, 2013: -- The Truckload Carriers Assn. (TCA) announced changes to its stated policies as they pertain to drug and alcohol testing, sleep disorders and onboard technologies. All the changes, announced during the organization’s Annual Convention here this week, take effect immediately... The revised wording is based on recommendations from the organization’s Regulatory Policy Committee, led by Troy Robertson, associate general counsel for Con-way Truckload, of Joplin, MO. Since October of 2012, the committee had been tasked with examining the regulatory landscape and timelines for upcoming government rulemakings pertaining to the trucking industry, TCA said...
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