The marijuana lobby’s media spokesmen Westword and Merry Jane were quick to laud trauma surgeon Jayson Aydelotte’s August 2017 report from the University of Texas – Austin. The report in the American Journal of Public Health studied fatal vehicle crashes and found that Colorado and Washington fatal crashes were not statistically different from similar states without recreational marijuana.
Although the statistical tools used were proper, readers should avoid inferring too much from the report, … READ MORE
Colorado’s Governor Hickenlooper, known for his “shading of the truth” when it comes to the effects of marijuana commercialization and legalization, is at it again. This time in a video published November 22nd by MicMedia, an internet news feed favored by millennials. 
On our August 29 post, we charged Colorado’s Governor Hickenlooper and Attorney General Cynthia Coffman with 
Canadians should hang their heads in shame over the performance of their elected officials as well as bureaucrats in the “Department of Justice” rushing to legalize marijuana nationwide in spite of evidence opposing their efforts.
Dear Governor Scott:
Canada plans to legalize the use of recreational marijuana next year, fulfilling a pledge from the elected Liberal government. The government has also pledged to install laws, technology, training and education to protect Canadians from the effects of drug-impaired drivers. The law to improve DUI legislation (OWI in Canada) is Bill C-46, scheduled for committee hearings in September, 2017.
Vermont’s legislature sent a recreational marijuana legalization bill to Governor Scott May 18, 2017. Four days later, Scott vetoed the bill, noting concerns with drugged driving and access to marijuana by children. He nevertheless invited the legislature to work with him to craft a version the bill that he could sign. The legislature is scheduled to consider overriding the veto in a special session later in June. The results are uncertain at this time, so …