{"id":49206,"date":"2019-12-20T14:44:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T14:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/12-million-americans-drove-stoned-in-2018-cdc-study-claims\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T14:44:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T14:44:05","slug":"12-million-americans-drove-stoned-in-2018-cdc-study-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/12-million-americans-drove-stoned-in-2018-cdc-study-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Million Americans Drove Stoned in 2018, CDC Study Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019ve taken a road trip anywhere across the US in the past few years, odds are you\u2019ve tailgated, passed, or parked next to a few stoned drivers.<\/p>\n

According to <\/u>CNN<\/em><\/u><\/a>, a new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found that 12 million Americans admitted to getting behind the wheel while under the influence of marijuana between 2017 and 2018. Statistically, that\u2019s nearly 5% of the entire country.<\/p>\n

The data was collected<\/u><\/a> from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration\u2019s 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), which asked respondents about their use of alcohol, cannabis, and other federally controlled narcotics. <\/p>\n

\u201cImpaired driving is a serious public health concern that needs to be addressed to safeguard the health and safety of all who use the road, including drivers, passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists,\u201d the CDC study\u2019s authors wrote<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Broken down by age, researchers found that young adults between the ages of 21 and 25 were most likely to consume cannabis before driving, with 12.4% of that cohort admitting to operating a vehicle while high<\/u><\/a>. Not far behind, 9.2% of 16-20 year olds<\/u><\/a> said that they, too, had sparked up before starting their car.<\/p>\n