Nevada traffic deaths dropped 10 percent in first year of recreational marijuana (MGN Online)
Traffic deaths in Nevada dropped over 10 percent in the first year of recreational marijuana, according to data provided by the Nevada Department of Public Safety.
310 people died in traffic accidents in Nevada between July 2016 and May 2017.
Between July 2017 and May 2018 — the first 11 months of legal recreational marijuana — just 277 people died in car crashes in the state.
One of the concerns of recreational marijuana opponents was that traffic fatalities and DUI arrests would increase if pot was legalized.
In Nevada, you're considered to be impaired from marijuana if you have more than 2 nanograms of active THC in your system.
DijonPepperberry on July 1st, 2018 at 06:13 UTC »
There is tremendous variability in yearly traffic deaths in Nevada, swings of 10% up and down are routine year by year. Though its a big headline, this is not statistically important.
https://imgur.com/Z6lfKtd
2000-2016, the each year's "change in traffic fatalities":
-16% -17% 21% 5% 14% -7% 1% -8% -27% -30% 18% -8% 4% 21% -3% 12% -4%
Standard deviation: 16%
trail_runner_ on July 1st, 2018 at 06:04 UTC »
Traffic deaths across the state decreased for the first time since 2011, but more pedestrians died in Nevada than at any point in the state’s history, officials announced Friday.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/2017-traffic-deaths-down-pedestrian-fatalities-up-in-nevada/
obsessedwithhippos on July 1st, 2018 at 02:12 UTC »
Someone cross reference little Debbie sales during this same period.