When people drive under the influence of marijuana their reactiontime and coordination may be slowed down and they could have aharder time reacting to the unexpected. (Photo: iStock)
More than half of people who take medical cannabis for chronic pain say they havedriven under the influence of cannabis within two hours of using itat least once in the last six months, according to a new study.
One in five said they had driven while "very high" in the pastsix months, researchers from the University of MichiganAddiction Center reported in a new paper in thejournal Drug & Alcohol Dependence.
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