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Official: Cannabis use impairs driving as much as alcohol says first of its kind study while drug's legality continues to spread

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Official: Cannabis use impairs driving as much as alcohol says first of its kind study while drug's legality continues to spread [1]
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

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A National Institute on Drug Abuse study tasked stoned participants with driving a highly sophisticated driving simulator.
 
Researchers found that after their blood levels of THC reached a certain point, the drivers weaved similarly to a driver with a BAC of .08
 
The study also found that combining cannabis and alcohol decreased motor skills even more than just one or the other 

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[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3137943/Marijuana-DOES-impair-driving-kind-comprehensive-government-study-reveals-cannabis-use-affect-motor-skills-three-drinks.html
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/car%2A
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/alcohol
[4] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/impaired