Much has been written recently about the “connection” between cannabis legalization and fatal car crashes. But a new study has concluded that “there is no statistically [significant] relationship between marijuana legalization and fatal crashes” and that the “concerns of policy makers and the public that legalizing marijuana will worsen road safety are not entirely founded.”

In Colorado, the study’s author noted that the fatal car accident rate was considerably higher  compared to Georgia and Iowa in 2001, but that trend started happening prior to medical cannabis legalization and also leveled out by 2003.