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John Hickenlooper: “We don't have any standards yet for people driving while…”

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John Hickenlooper Presses Trump Nom On Creating Enforcement Standards For Driving While High

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

13,000 people died in alcohol impaired accidents last year nationwide in Colorado, it's one out of every three highway deaths is connected to some form of impairment. We have a standard for impairment with alcohol, but We don't have any standards yet for people driving while high with marijuana. Thc, how should DOT work with the Department of Justice and HHS to develop a science based impairment system that we can address this with? Well, that's a very interesting question. (00:50–00:56)

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Asserts that there are no standards for driving while high on marijuana.

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