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Effects of Cannabis Legalization on Road Safety: A Literature Review
Francisco González-Sala1, Macarena Tortosa-Pérez2, María Peñaranda-Ortega3
1Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Background:
Legalizing medical and recreational cannabis and decriminalizing this substance may have unanticipated effects on traffic safety. The present study aimed to assess the impact of cannabis legalization on traffic accidents.
Methods:
A systematic review was carried out following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) declaration of the articles included in the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases. The number of papers included in the review was 29.
Results:
The results show that in 15 papers, there is a relationship between the legalization of medical and/or recreational cannabis and the number of traffic accidents, while in 5 papers, no such relationship is observed. In addition, nine articles indicate a greater number of risk behaviors related to driving after consumption, identifying young, male, and alcohol consumption together with cannabis as the risk profile.
Conclusions:
It can be concluded that the legalization of medical and/or recreational cannabis has negative effects on road safety when considering the number of jobs that affect the number of fatalities.
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