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IIHS Research Shows Drivers Believe Alcohol is Bigger Threat than Pot

December 9, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The latest edition of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Status Report includes the results of a survey showing drivers don’t believe marijuana use is as big a concern as drinking and driving.

Marijuana legalization initiatives were big winners during the election in November. won at state ballot boxes in November amid broader public acceptance of a controlled substance that is still illegal under U.S. law.

Voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational use, and medicinal use was endorsed in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota. Montana voters also expanded an existing medical marijuana law. Eight states and

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