DUID Victim Network
We submitted the following letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland today, copying the White House.
This was part of a nationwide effort on the part of many activists encouraging the Federal Government to take action against the out-of-control commercialization of marijuana in Colorado and elsewhere. Our letter was specifically tailored to deal with drugged driving
As a representative of victims of drugged driving, I respectfully request that you impose a moratorium on opening … READ MORE
It hasn’t worked for Colorado, but that’s not stopping defense attorney/Senator Nathan Manning from trying to weaken Ohio’s drugged driving laws with his proposed SB 203.
Manning hopes to emulate Colorado by replacing Ohio’s current 2 ng/ml THC per se statute with a rebuttable inference that a driver is DUI if the THC blood level is at least 5 ng/ml. Even sillier, he adds a further inference if the THC level in urine is 25 … READ MORE
Shaun Boyd, investigative journalist for the CBS TV station in Denver ran a news story featuring Ed Wood of DUID Victim Voices January 29, 2021. She was prompted to do this after reading about Colorado Drugged Driving Data in our January 11th post.
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Colorado has a drugged driving problem.
Lukas Myers knows this. The photo shows him being extracted from a car when he was 12 years old after a crash caused by a marijuana-impaired driver. Most bones in both of Lukas’s legs were broken as well as both wrists.
For some, stories like this are convincing. Others need data. So here is a summary of relevant data from 11 sources.
Those who cling to the myth that THC’s role in traffic safety is unclear were buoyed by release in 2017 of guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which stated, “…it is unclear whether marijuana use actually increases the risk of car crashes.”
https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/pdf/marijuana-driving-508.pdf
DUID Victim Voices supplied the following analysis to the CDC in December 2020, requesting that the guidance be corrected. Thankfully, the CDC subsequently released a correction. The … READ MORE