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- New data from the University of Michigan shows that an alarming amount of people drive while high, CBS News reported.
- A survey of 800 of Michigan's medical cannabis users found that 51% admitted to using the substance while they drove.
- Cannabis can skew a person's sense of time, decrease their reaction time, and mess with their coordination skills, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), so people should not use it before driving.
While the dangers of drunk driving are well known, people continue to get behind the wheel while intoxicated. And new data from the University of Michigan shows that an alarming amount of people drive while high too, CBS News reported.
To determine this, researchers surveyed 800 of Michigan's medical marijuana users and found that 51% drove within two hours of using the substance. To make matters more alarming, one in five of the respondents said they were "very high" at some point when driving in the last six months.
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