FREDERICTON — A six-year analysis of more than 10,000 Canadian drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions suggests cannabis has edged out alcohol as the most common impairing substance detected through after-crash blood testing.
The National Drug Driving Study 2024, produced by the University of British Columbia, says researchers analyzed blood samples from drivers in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador between 2018 and 2023.
"However, given the very high crash risk associated with alcohol, and the fact that most 'cannabis positive' drivers had low THC levels, it can be concluded that driving after drinking remains a bigger problem in Canada." Lead author Dr. Jeff Brubacher, who is with the University of British Columbia's department of emergency medicine, said the overall prevalence of impaired driving in Atlantic Canada was something that stood out for him.
"I would still say that good, old-fashioned alcohol is still probably the biggest problem of a single substance," Brubacher said."But a new problem is the combination of alcohol and cannabis, and that's a bad combination."
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