{"id":8124,"date":"2012-02-14T00:22:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T00:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=8124"},"modified":"2012-02-14T00:22:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T00:22:05","slug":"smoking-pot-increases-crash-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=8124","title":{"rendered":"Smoking Pot Increases Crash Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"LA Times - Smoking pot increases crash risk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/health\/boostershots\/la-heb-marijuana-car-crashes-20120210,0,586391.story?track=icymi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Los Angeles Times appears to be trying to compete<\/a> for the Statement of the Blindingly Obvious Awards this year.<\/p>\n<p>It reports on a study, which concludes that people who smoke pot within a few hours of driving are nearly twice as likely to have an accident than those who are not high. How big a surprise is that, then?<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, the study \u2013 carried out by Dalhousie University, in Canada \u2013 has been published in the British Medical Journal.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how much you get paid for these studies? Because I\u2019m thinking of doing one on why people these days keep stating the bloody obvious as though no one has ever thought of it before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Times appears to be trying to compete for the Statement of the Blindingly Obvious Awards this year. It reports on a study, which concludes that people who smoke pot within a few hours of driving are nearly twice as likely to have an accident than those who are not high. 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