A recent study on impaired driving has shown a shifting trend over the past 6 years.
A six-year analysis of more than 10,000 Canadian drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions suggests cannabis has edged out alcohol as the most common impairing substance detected through after-crash blood testing.
The National Drug Driving Study 2024, produced by the University of British Columbia took samples from across the nation and found that 16.6 percent had cannabis in their bloodstream while 16 percent had alcohol.
A quote from the study did note that while this statistic is significant, the real goal of this study was to " to warn people of the risks of driving while impaired, of the risks of combining alcohol and cannabis" as mixing substances increases the risk of an accident a great deal.
