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The data demonstrates that the police have increased THC blood testing since legalization/decriminalization, not that more people are now driving under the influence of THC.
The Canadian government announced more stringent THC testing, after legalization. Washington appears to use this same model. Some would argue it is a form of taxation.
If anything, this might lead to less people 'driving under the influence'.
So making a substance legal for recreational use will lead to even fewer people driving under the influence even though the amount of users increases and the amount people use increases as well. How exactly does that work?
Flawed logic there because more users and heavier use is going to most probably raise the chance of drivers under the influence to a significant degree.
"Authorities in Washington recorded 436 fatal crashes in 2013, and determined that drivers involved in 40 crashes tested positive for THC, the active chemical in marijuana, according to the study. In 2014 they found that of 462 fatal crashes, 85 drivers tested positive for THC."
"“The significant increase in fatal crashes involving marijuana is alarming,” said Peter Kissinger, president and CEO of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. “Washington serves as an eye-opening case study for what other states may experience with road safety after legalizing the drug.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/10/marijuana-related-fatal-car-accidents-surge-washin/
What is the bias in this study? All they did was look at the people that died in car accidents, all of them, and see how many had THC in their blood. The number went up a lot. Very significant. So a larger % of those that died in Washington State car accidents after marijuana was legalized had THC in their blood. There was no picking and choosing the population in the study, because they used all of those that died. It isn't biased in any way.
People just don't want to hear the truth.