While laboratory studies of people with THC in their bloodstream do not support significant impairment on single tasks, such as memory, addition, or subtraction, there may be a more significant impact on multitasking and handling unexpected events (which are critical components of safe driving).

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Adult Tips:

• Too many teens and their parents don’t know the facts about cannabis and driving.

  • ​In a 2017 SADD/Liberty Mutual Survey, 33% of teens and 27% of their parents surveyed thought it was legal to drive under the influence of marijuana in states where marijuana is legal to use.

• Neurodevelopment continues until at least the early or mid-20s, and cannabis use impacts how connections are formed within the brain.

  • Discuss these long-term effects with your teen.

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Links:

• Watch the winning #DrivingSkills101 PSA on cannabis-impaired driving here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX35OGsJKV0 

• https://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/drugged-driving-overview.aspx

• https://www.nhtsa.gov/drug-impaired-driving/understanding-how-marijuana-affects-driving

• Live in the northeast? Check out Shifting Gears! https://northeast.aaa.com/community/Shifting-Gears/Overview.html