Highlights of Association Activity, FY 2023
GHSA's Annual Report highlights the Association's accomplishments for the 2023 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023).
Every state has laws dealing with alcohol-impaired driving and drug-impaired driving. But unlike the laws for drunk driving, those that address drugged driving are nuanced, difficult to enforce and prosecute and vary substantially by state.
In addition to general impairment laws, there are two basic laws that states tend to use when addressing drug-impaired driving:
18 states have zero tolerance or non-zero per se laws for marijuana.
NOTE: GHSA does not compile any additional data on drug-impaired driving laws other than what is presented here. A compilation of state marijuana laws is available via the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and information on marijuana-impaired driving laws is available from the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID). For more information, consult the appropriate State Highway Safety Office.
Sources: State Highway Safety Offices.
Last updated in January 2024. Laws last reviewed by SHSOs in March 2023.
Per se >0 for some drugs
Decriminalized and legal for recreational and medical use
THC per se (5 ng)
Per se >0 for some drugs
Decriminalized and legal for medical use
THC per se (2 ng)
Per se >0 for some drugs
Legal for medical use
THC per se (5 ng)
Permissible inference law >0 for THC
Decriminalized and legal for recreational and medical use
Permissible inference for THC (5 ng)
None
Decriminalized and legal for recreational and medical use
None
None
Decriminalized and legal for recreational and medical use
None
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical use
None
None
Legal for medical use
None
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical use
None
None
None
Decriminalized
None
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical use
None
Legal for medical use
Decriminalized
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical and recreational use
None
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical and recreational use
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical use
None
None
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical and recreational use
None
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical and recreational use
None
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Illegal
Zero tolerance for delta-9-THC
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Legal for medical use
Zero tolerance for THC and metabolites
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Illegal
Zero tolerance for THC and metabolites
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Decriminalized and legal for medical use
Zero tolerance for THC and metabolites
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Legal for medical use
Zero tolerance for THC and metabolites
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Legal for medical use
Zero tolerance for THC and metabolites
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Decriminalized
None
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Decriminalized and legal for medical and recreational (effective 8/1/23) use
Zero tolerance for THC but no restriction on metabolites (effective 8/1/23)
Zero tolerance for THC
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Legal for medical and recreational use
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Illegal
None
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Illegal
Zero tolerance for THC
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Illegal
Zero tolerance for THC and metabolites
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Decriminalized and legal for recreational and medical use
THC per se (5 ng)
Illegal
Zero tolerance for THC and metabolites
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Decriminalized and legal for medical use
Zero tolerance for THC and metabolites
Zero tolerance for some drugs
Legal for medical use
Zero tolerance for THC and metabolites
None
Illegal
None
None
Illegal
None
None
Illegal
None
None
Decriminalized for legal for medical use
None
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical use
None
None
Illegal
None
None
Illegal
None
None
Legal for medical use
None
None
None
Legal for medical use
None
Illegal
None
Decriminalized and legal for medical use
None
None
None
Illegal
Decriminalized and legal for recreational and medical use
None
None
Per se >0 for some drugs
None
Decriminalized and legal for recreational and medical use
Decriminalized and legal for recreational and medical use
None
None
None
None
Legal for medical use
Decriminalized and legal for medical and recreational use
None
None
Per se >0 for some drugs
Decriminalized and legal for medical and recreational use
THC per se (2 ng) for felony violations
None
GHSA's Annual Report highlights the Association's accomplishments for the 2023 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023).
“Impaired drivers put everyone, including themselves, at risk,” Ann Carlson, NHTSA’s acting administrator said at the Governors Highway Safety Association’s Annual Meeting in New York City, where the federal agency kicked off its annual national Labor Day “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” high-visibility enforcement campaign to combat alcohol and drug impaired driving.
Alcohol, cannabis and multi-substance impaired driving have surged in recent years and account for about one-third of traffic fatalities annually in this country. A new round of grants aims to help lower that death toll by providing law enforcement officers with tools, resources and training to better identify impaired drivers and remove them from the road.
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Responsibility.org have awarded $120,000 in grants to four State Highway Safety Offices (SHSO) for programs designed to combat alcohol, cannabis and multi-substance impaired driving, which accounts for approximately one-third of U.S. traffic deaths annually.
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Responsibility.org have awarded $120,000 in grants to four State Highway Safety Offices (SHSO) for programs designed to combat alcohol, cannabis and multi-substance impaired driving, which accounts for approximately one-third of U.S. traffic deaths annually.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) used a grant from GHSA, ride-hailing company Lyft and Responsibility.org to promote and encourage safe transportation alternatives in the Houston area, which has the nation’s highest number of impaired driving fatalities.
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) was one of four State Highway Safety Offices to receive a grant from GHSA, ride-hailing company Lyft and Responsibility.org to prevent impaired driving during the 2022 Holiday season.
MDOT MVA was one of four State Highway Safety Offices to receive a grant from GHSA, ride-hailing company Lyft and Responsibility.org to prevent impaired driving during the 2022 Holiday season.
CDOT received a grant from GHSA, ride-hailing company Lyft and Responsibility.org to prevent impaired driving during the 2022 Holiday season. With the funding, CDOT launched their first “Nothing Uglier than a DUI” ugly holiday sweater campaign.
As interim director of the non-profit Oregon Walks, Zachary Lauritzen has one goal and one goal only. "Keeping people safe on our streets," Lauritzen said. He said it starts with good, solid infrastructure. Then, he said, comes the enforcement.