420 with CNW — Study Finds That Legalizing Cannabis Doesn’t Cause Increase in Traffic Injuries
A new study has discovered that the move to legalize cannabis in Canada did not translate into a rise in traffic injuries. The study’s findings were reported in the “Drug and Alcohol Dependence” journal. The objective of the researchers was to investigate claims from prohibitionists who argue that enacting laws to legalize marijuana would make roads less safe. Canada approved laws to legalize marijuana, which took effect in October 2018. For their study, the researchers conducted an analysis on emergency-department data gathered from the Alberta and Ontario provinces between April 2015 to December 2019. The researchers found no evidence supporting…