Pubdate: Fri, 09 Mar 2012
Source: East Valley Tribune (AZ)
Copyright: 2012 East Valley Tribune.
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Author: Kirk Muse

DUI STORY GETS IT WRONG ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA

I am writing about the March 2 front page story: "Medical marijuana, 
prescriptions boost number of DUIs in Mesa." Not only does marijuana 
not impair driving ability, perhaps it improves it. I suggest that 
the readers Google: "Medical marijuana and highway deaths." Then you 
will see that states that have medical marijuana laws have 
substantially fewer highway deaths than states that don't.

Marijuana metabolites stay in a person's blood system for up to three 
weeks, long after its effects have worn off. How would the readers 
feel if they received a DUI two weeks after they consumed a single 
glass of wine or bottle of beer?

I am disappointed that the East Valley Tribune would publish such a 
story. When the EVTrib was published by Freedom Communications it was 
an excellent newspaper. Now it is not.

Kirk Muse

Mesa
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