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Article is from 2014. And when it was discussed last time, I believe the conclusion that focusing on highway fatalities was cherry-picking to show the best pos
by powera 11y ago
Article is from 2014. And when it was discussed last time, I believe the conclusion that focusing on highway fatalities was cherry-picking to show the best possible outcome given all the changes in crime / accidents in the past year in Colorado.
Having another year of data would be necessary here to really have believable claims about the impact.
- gtf21 11y agoI'm pretty sure that the point of the article is merely to debunk the idea that marijuana legalisation will lead to a mob of stoned drivers careening around the roads of Colorado. From the article: > These figures in and of themselves only indicate that the roads are getting safer; they don’t suggest that pot had anything to do with it