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With some form of legal weed now available to more than half of all Americans, even the most staunchly-prohibitionist politicians are now conceding that nationwide cannabis reform is a question of ‘when,’ and not ‘if.’ And while states in the country’s Midwest and South are still desperately trying to convince local lawmakers to change with the times, states early to embrace America’s cannabis revolution are moving on to a new set of post-prohibition issues.
The Summit Daily reports that Department of Transportation officials in Colorado are still worried that cannabis consumers don’t take the dangers of driving stoned seriously, a significant problem when compounded with easy access and still-rudimentary roadside cannabis testing processes.
“There’s definitely more of a stigma against driving drunk than driving high, and that’s something we do need to change,” Colorado Department of Transportation spokesman Sam Cole told the Summit Daily.
In the CDOT’s latest survey on drugged driving published at the end of 2016, 55% of responding cannabis users said that they believe it is safe to drive under the influence,…