BMJ  2005;331 (10 December), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.0-d

Cannabis increases the risk of car crashes

Driving under the influence of cannabis increases the risk of having a fatal car crash. In a population based case-control study in France (p 1371), Laumon and colleagues estimated that nearly 3% of drivers use cannabis and they are more than three times as likely to be held responsible for a fatal car crash as drivers who don't use cannabis. Cannabis use and alcohol use were similar among the French drivers (2.9% and 2.7%, respectively), but alcohol seems to be causing significantly more fatal crashes than cannabis (28.6% v 2.5%).

Credit: ALIX/PHANIE/REX


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to StumbleUpon StumbleUpon   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?

Relevant Article

Cannabis intoxication and fatal road crashes in France: population based case-control study
Bernard Laumon, Blandine Gadegbeku, Jean-Louis Martin, Marie-Berthe Biecheler, and the SAM Group
BMJ 2005 331: 1371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Access jobs at BMJ Careers
Whats new online at Student BMJ