This Isn’t Your Father’s Weed — and It’s Tied to 40 Percent of Fatal Crashes

It’s been six years since legal weed went on sale in Ohio — and now it seems nearly half the stoners in fatal crashes forgot to just stay home and eat their Cheetos. A new Wright State University study showed that more than four out of 10 deadly car crashes included a driver with high levels of THC in their bloodstreams. 

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The study, just published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, reviewed data for 246 deceased Ohio drivers, and found an average THC blood level of 30.7 ng/ML — 15 times the state’s legal limit — in 41.9% of dead drivers. Ohio is a fairly typical state in most regards, so I’d take that 42% as a good-enough approximation

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