TRAFFIC INJURIES DIDN’T RISE WITH CANADIAN LEGALIZATION

THE IMPLEMENTATION of adult-use Cannabis sales in Canada didn’t result in any increase in traffic injury-related hospitalizations, according to data published in the journal Addiction – where investigators assessed rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations in the years before and immediately following legalization.

“Overall, there is no clear evidence that RCL [Recreational Cannabis Laws] had any effect on rates of ED visits and hospitalizations for either motor vehicle or pedestrian/cyclist injury across Canada,” authors concluded.

The findings agree with those of a 2021 Canadian study. That one “found no evidence that the implementation of the Cannabis Act was associated with significant changes in postlegalization patterns of all drivers’ traffic-injury ED visits or, more specifically, youth-driver traffic-injury ED presentations.”

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