The April 20 Cannabis Celebration and Fatal Traffic Crashes in the United States

John A Staples; Donald A Redelmeier

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.8298

The April 20 Cannabis Celebration and Fatal Traffic Crashes in the United States

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Apr 1;178(4):569-572. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.8298.

Authors

John A Staples^{1

2

3}, Donald A Redelmeier^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
³ Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

This data analysis examines the association between the April 20 cannabis celebrations in the United States and a population-level increase in the risk of fatal traffic crash involvement.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic / mortality*
Accidents, Traffic / statistics & numerical data
Age Factors
Cannabis
Driving Under the Influence / prevention & control*
Holidays / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Marijuana Use*
Risk Factors
United States

Grants and funding

CIHR/Canada