{"id":9363,"date":"2021-04-22T12:55:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=4539543"},"modified":"2021-04-22T12:55:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:55:20","slug":"aaa-study-drivers-who-use-both-marijuana-and-alcohol-are-the-riskiest-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/aaa-study-drivers-who-use-both-marijuana-and-alcohol-are-the-riskiest-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA study: Drivers who use both marijuana and alcohol are the riskiest on the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/aaa-study-drivers-who-use-both-marijuana-and-alcohol-are-the-riskiest-on-the-road\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/aaa-study-drivers-who-use-both-marijuana-and-alcohol-are-the-riskiest-on-the-road.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2021\/04\/22\/aaa-study-impaired-driving-alcohol-marijuana\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-news-marijuana+%28Denver+Post%3A+News%3A+Marijuana%29&amp;utm_content=Google+UK#comments-anchor\"><span class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"4539543\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The marijuana holiday 4\/20 has come and gone, but the fact remains that people who use alcohol and pot are the riskiest drivers, even if the drivers consume the two separately.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists who consume both cannabis and alcohol are more likely to speed, text, run red lights and drive more aggressively, according to new research conducted by the American Automobile Association.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado was one of the earlier states to legalize both the medical and recreational use of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Weed sales alone in 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2021\/02\/09\/colorado-cannabis-2020-record-sales-year-2-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reached $2.2 billion<\/a>, spiking in December. This amount brings the sum of total cannabis sales to almost $10 billion since recreational marijuana was legalized.<\/p>\n<p>Skyler McKinley, regional director of public affairs for AAA, said in a news release that Colorado residents have been mindful of marijuana use and driving.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\" \/>\n<p>\u201cStill, some drivers mistakenly believe that high driving is safe driving, even though the research is clear that cannabis can inhibit concentration, slow reaction times and cloud judgment,\u201d McKinley said in the release. \u201cThe consequences can be even worse for cannabis users who also drink alcohol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AAA\u2019s research found that motorists using both marijuana and alcohol are \u201csignificantly\u201d more likely to drive drunk in comparison to drivers who only consume alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of cannabis and alcohol users\u2019 behavior compared to those who only consumed alcohol:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speeding on residential streets (55%) vs. alcohol-only (35%)<\/li>\n<li>Aggressive driving (52%) vs. alcohol-only (28%)<\/li>\n<li>Intentional red-light running (48%) vs alcohol-only (32%)<\/li>\n<li>Texting while driving (40%) vs. alcohol-only (21%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cFundamentally, choosing to use alcohol or cannabis is just that \u2014 a personal choice. While there are safe ways to use both drugs, there is no safe way to drive under the influence of either,\u201d McKinley said in the release. \u201cNever, never, never drive impaired.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>The marijuana holiday 4\/20 has come and gone, but the fact remains that people who use alcohol and pot are the riskiest drivers, even if the drivers consume the two separately. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8325,52,6811,7170,1345,77,9,5019,1777,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[8326,2632,6816,7171,3915,2655,5022,4345],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}