At 04:21 AM Wednesday 11/28/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: >I got this from another list... Maybe that's why Clinton was better than >Bush II... > >Alberto Monteiro > >http://peety-passion.com/relax/2007/11/27/stoned-drivers-are-safe-drivers/ > >Stoned drivers are safe drivers >November 27th, 2007 | $B"*(B > > >A massive 1998 study by the University of Adelaide and Transport South >Australia examined blood samples from drivers involved in 2,500 >accidents. It found that drivers with only cannabis in their systems >were slightly less likely to cause accidents than those without. >Drivers with both marijuana and alcohol did have a high accident >responsibility rate.
So presumably the decrease in accident rate due to cannabis alone is not enough to offset the increase due to alcohol alone, and leaving unstated whether accident rate (marijuana + EtOH) = accident rate (EtOH alone) or accident rate (marijuana + EtOH) > accident rate (EtOH alone). > The report concluded, "there was no indication >that marijuana by itself was a cause of fatal accidents." But does it increase the risk when used in conjunction with other drugs? 'Cuz in my admittedly limited observation of such things there appear to be a number of people who use both at the same time or nearly so (IOW they may finish the beer and then light up or something like that). Another question is based on the observation that people who drink alcohol do not always refrain from doing so when they are taking Rx or OTC medications and that sometimes alcohol and the other medication react synergistically to frex make the person significantly more drowsy than s/he would be on either alcohol alone or the medication alone. Does marijuana have a similar effect when mixed with other things the person may already be taking? -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
