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Bad News, Good News

11.19.16

Bad News Good NewsThe bad news: Denver voters approved Initiative 300 in the November, 2016 election. Initiative 300 bypasses Amendment 64’s constitutional promise that legalized marijuana could not be consumed publicly. It permits Denver’s bars and restaurants to apply for marijuana social use permits under certain conditions. 

The good news: Less than two weeks later, Colorado’s Department of Revenue issued a regulation prohibiting marijuana consumption at any liquor licensee, including bars, restaurants, and special events. Given … READ MORE

Why journalists lose respect

10.26.16

RespectJournalists were once respected observers and critics of American life. That’s rarely the case today because of shallow reports such as “Answers to five questions about driving and cannabis,” from KXTV in Sacramento, California. The first question, “Does cannabis impair driving the way alcohol does?” dominated the report. The reporter Sarah Moore didn’t even attempt to answer the question, but merely cited four references to show two sides of the argument.

The first, a report … READ MORE

There’s a better way

10.03.16

aaeaaqaaaaaaaappaaaajdbingfjnzu5lwy1mdatndcxos04mtfhltu5zdaxntaxytq3mgThe fall 2016 issue of The Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice featured our article, “Why a 5 ng/ml THC limit is bad public policy – and the use for Tandem per se DUID legislation.”  The article includes emerging thoughts to deal with DUID that were initially presented by Dr. Barry Logan of NMS and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, both referenced in the feature article.

We have called Logan and AAA’s approach … READ MORE

Skydiving without a Parachute

08.02.16

maxresdefaultMany conferences have been developed to help policy makers understand the impacts of marijuana legalization.  We at DUID Victim Voices have been occasionally requested to provide a perspective that differs from that of the marijuana lobby.  These requests led to writing Skydiving without a Parachute  that was recently published by the Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapy.  

“Skydiving” likens legalization of marijuana without first knowing how a state will deal with the resulting DUID cases, … READ MORE

Why a 5 ng/ml THC limit is bad public policy

05.11.16

ATT000077The world is coming to realize that the infamous 5 ng/ml THC legal limit imposed by Colorado, Washington, and Montana are badly flawed.  The marijuana lobby claims users can be unimpaired at levels higher than that.  New research shows that drivers are impaired at levels well below that.  This is a position we’ve taken for years, and welcome the fact that others agree.

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety issued a press release saying, “New … READ MORE

Good publicity!

04.16.16

 

get_the_word_outWe’re getting the word out about DUID, and our research is now being acknowledged by the scientific community!  For the last few years, we’ve conducted research into the causes of DUI in Colorado’s vehicular homicide and vehicular assault cases.  This has resulted in two papers, both of which have now been published.

Delays in DUI blood testing, co-authored with Ashley Brooks-Russell, MPH, PhD and Phillip Drum, Pharm D was published by the peer-reviewed journal … READ MORE

More bad journalism

03.24.16

imagesJacob Sullum, a pro-pot writer for Reason and Fortune magazines, is at it again.

This time, he claims that marijuana’s impact on crash risk has been greatly exaggerated, based upon Rogeberg and Elvik’s (R&E) paper, soon to be published in the journal Addiction. Sullum, in his typical snarky style, writes that there’s not much evidence of a surge in traffic fatalities due to marijuana-impairment in Colorado or Washington. This shouldn’t be a surprise, … READ MORE

Tilting at windmills is also futile

03.15.16

alcantara-quixote-windmill3Two recent research reports explain why blood tests are ineffective for determining driving impairment by marijuana, and why impairment-based DUI per se blood level limits for marijuana are useless.

Rebecca Hartman’s team (R.L. Hartman et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.015 ) led the groundbreaking Iowa driving simulator study that showed, “During drive blood THC ≥8.2  ?g/L increased SDLP similar to notably-impairing alcohol concentrations.”  She followed up with a report in Clinical Chemistry this year (R.L. Hartman et al. … READ MORE

Ineptitude from The Denver Post

02.12.16

Denver PostAt least six media outlets quickly issued a story on the February 10, 2016 release of DUI/DUID arrest statistics by the Colorado State Patrol (CSP).  Consistent with past practice, all of the media outlets ignored impairment by controlled substances other than marijuana, perpetuating the myth that DUID is all about marijuana.  Although their reports focused solely on marijuana, reports and headlines of Fox News, The Colorado Springs Gazette and North Denver News were accurate.

All … READ MORE

The Denver Post got something right – almost

01.02.16

informNoelle Phillips and Elizabeth Hernandez got some things right in their Denver Post article, “State still not sure whether legal pot made roads less safe.” The article was generally well done and reasonably accurate.

Colorado’s DUI law, which has a single definition of DUI irrespective of cause was correctly cited as a prime reason that Colorado is woefully behind in attempting to understand the impact of marijuana on road safety.  If you don’t measure something, … READ MORE

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