DUID Victim Voices

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The pot lobby

Two weeks after the marijuana lobby descended on Congress, Senators Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren announced legislation that would prevent Federal officials from enforcing the nation’s drug laws.  Senator Cory Gardner has abandoned his integrity and common sense to support the emerging marijuana industry instead of his constituents. The bill he and Senator Elizabeth Warren are sponsoring is based upon two false statements Gardner has given to his constituents:

  1. Marijuana legalization is a states’ rights issue;
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Lying to Congress

This week the Cannabis Industry Association (CIA) presented its report to Congress extolling marijuana’s tax and employment benefits, its use to combat the opioid crisis, the industry need for access to banking services,  and putting its own spin on some of the problems caused by marijuana: crime, use by minors, and highway safety.  One page was devoted to marijuana-impaired driving.  We leave it to others to critique the bulk of the report. We will summarize below only … READ MORE

The marijuana lobby

Colorado’s Republican Representative Polly Lawrence and Democratic Representative Jonathan Singer sponsored a request to the State’s Legislative Council to form in interim study committee to consider new evidence on DUID, and to determine if that evidence demonstrated a need for legislation in the 2019 regular legislative session.

They garnered the support of an additional 33 Representatives from both parties to augment their request.  That’s a total of 35 of the 65 Representatives in the State.… READ MORE

Mr Wood Goes to Washington

Like most sensible people, I try to avoid Washington DC.  But NHTSA’s Call to Action meeting on March 15, 2018 compelled me to succumb with a surprising result.  The meeting was called by Heidi King, NHTSA’s new Deputy Administrator (NHTSA does not yet have an Administrator) to begin a national dialogue on how to combat drug-impaired driving.  I had the opportunity to meet Ms. King and Candace Lightner of We Save Lives  for dinner … READ MORE

Recommended Drugged Driving Initiatives

Drugged driving is a complex problem that invites simplistic solutions like, “Why doesn’t ‘science’ determine an impairment level for each drug so we can deal with them like we do alcohol?”  We’ve long believed that solving our drugged driving problem requires a number of separate initiatives to deal with the various aspects of the problem.  See, for example, our “Principles of DUID Victim Voices” tab on this website.

Recently we’ve partnered with We Save Lives … READ MORE