The Justice Department’s move to loosen restrictions on pot has drawn a strong reaction from large trucking companies that fear recategorizing the drug could lead to more crashes.
The effects of marijuana impairment on truck driving is not fully understood due in part to limited research, according to a new ATRI report.
The American Transportation Research Institute is again investigating the safety and other impacts on the trucking industry of state-level marijuana legalization — as well as additional questions the issue raises.
ATRI plans to build on research studying the effects of legalized marijuana and employing 18- to 20-year-old drivers.
