As Marijuana Use Grows, Effect on Road Safety Remains a Blind Spot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "Policymakers need data on which to base their policies," said Tara M. Lovestead, a chemical engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal agency overseeing the studies.
49% : "There was a lot of emphasis on the tax revenue that was going to come into the state," said Ms. Fischer, a former director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety.
47% : Complicating matters, people who use cannabis often tend to become less impaired over time, experts say.Colorado and Washington, which became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana about a decade ago, have taken steps to study cannabis and road safety, though recent statistics from those states show no consistent trend.
46% : "In recent decades, marijuana became far more accessible as 39 states sanctioned its medical use and 24 states legalized recreational weed.
42% : "We're kind of painting the plane as we fly it when it comes to cannabis liberalization," said Jake Nelson, the director of traffic safety advocacy and research at AAA, the automobile drivers group, which opposes the legalization of recreational cannabis.

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