Cannabis and Alcohol Involvement in Motor Vehicle Crashes: Reflections in the Era of Legalization

Affiliations

¹ Mark Asbridge is with the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jeff Brubacher is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Editorial

Mark Asbridge et al. Am J Public Health. 2024 Jun.

. 2024 Jun;114(6):550-552.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307657. Epub 2024 Apr 18.

¹ Mark Asbridge is with the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jeff Brubacher is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Comment on

Trends in Cannabis Involvement and Risk of Alcohol Involvement in Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities in the United States, 2000‒2018.
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