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Deceptive statistical analysis

07.06.20

Two articles on the effect of recreational marijuana commercialization on traffic fatalities reached opposite conclusions in the June 22nd 2020 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.  Readers should understand the effect of study design differences before concluding that marijuana can be commercialized without an increase in traffic fatalities.

Kamer (doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1769) reported that traffic fatalities increased in both Colorado and Washington after commercializing recreational marijuana.  But Santaella-Tenorio (doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1757) found traffic fatality increased in Colorado but not in … READ MORE

Tandem DUI per se bill introduced, PI’d

01.30.19

January 29, 2019, HB19-1146, Concerning the offense of Tandem DUI per se was introduced into the Colorado legislature.  This bill replaces Colorado’s current 5 ng/ml THC permissible inference law with Tandem DUI per se and makes conforming changes to other statutes.  Sponsors are Representative Dylan Roberts (D-Eagle and Routt County) and Hugh McKean (R-Loveland).  The bill has been assigned to the judiciary committee for next legislative action.

Alcohol’s per se law requires one event to … READ MORE

FactCheck.org is Drinking the Kool-Aid

12.22.17

Until this month we felt that fact checking sites were immune to the ignorance and bias evident in media reporting of drugged-driving facts.  Our experience with FactCheck.org and their subsidiary SciCheck has proven to us that they too are “drinking the Kool-Aid.”

December 14th SciCheck took AG Jeff Sessions to task for errors he made in a June 22nd private Q&A with interns at the DOJ.  Fair enough, Sessions’ statement was flawed, but … READ MORE

Continued rise in DUID, reports CSP

03.07.17

Colorado makes no effort to collect, analyze and publish DUID statistics in the state. The state’s DUI reports cannot distinguish between causes of DUI, even though many law enforcement officers are trained to do so.

The ability to identify drugged drivers is especially true in the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) that typically writes 20-25% of the state’s DUI citations. All troopers are trained in ARIDE (Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement), which gives them more tools … READ MORE

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. This means that more people will start to find more ways to consume marijuana at home, from smoking to producing Resin (Read more here) in a bid to stop … READ MORE

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