There is One Problem With Legalizing Marijuana in New Jersey – And It’s Massive

In August, a New Jersey grandmother was charged with vehicular homicide in the deaths of her grandkids, ages 5 and 2. Police determined she was high on marijuana when she crashed her car with the children aboard.

The tragedy was horrifying. It might not be isolated.

If New Jersey fully legalizes marijuana under the next governor — a move that frontrunner Phil Murphy supports — there is one nasty side effect we’re ill-equipped to tackle.

In Colorado, weed-related traffic deaths jumped by 48 percent after full legalization there in 2014. The problem: There is no reliable, efficient field test for stoned driving. [Read More at App.com]

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Marianne Bays says:

October 17, 2017 at 2:25 pm

Why would Cannabis Business Executive publish this? It’s nothing but a political statement here … and in its original form, it is an article chock full of lies and misstatements.

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