As Marijuana Use Grows, Effect on Road Safety Remains a Blind Spot

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Pam Fischer, an official at the Governors Highway Safety Association, a nonprofit representing state highway safety agencies, said many states have done relatively little to study and mitigate the implications for road safety brought about by legalizing marijuana.

“There was a lot of emphasis on the tax revenue that was going to come into the state,” said Ms. Fischer, a former director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. “But we need to think about the societal harm that can happen if we aren’t careful and thoughtful.”