Estimating the harms and costs of cannabis-attributable collisions in the Canadian provinces

Highlights • Cannabis collisions resulted in 75 deaths and 4407 injuries in 2012. • There were up to 24,879 victims of property damage only cannabis collisions in 2012. • Cannabis collisions costs ranged from $1.09 to $1.28 billion CAD in 2012. • Cannabis collision harms were particularly high among...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2017-04, Vol.173, p.185-190
Main Authors: Wettlaufer, Ashley, Florica, Roxana O, Asbridge, Mark, Beirness, Douglas, Brubacher, Jeffrey, Callaghan, Russell, Fischer, Benedikt, Gmel, Gerrit, Imtiaz, Sameer, Mann, Robert E, McKiernan, Anna, Rehm, Jürgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic - classification
Accidents, Traffic - economics
Accidents, Traffic - mortality
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Canada
Cannabis
Cannabis - adverse effects
Cause of Death
Collisions
Confidence intervals
Costs
Costs and Cost Analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Driving
Driving ability
Driving Under the Influence - statistics & numerical data
Drug abuse
Drug legalization
Drug-impaired driving
Economic impact
Female
Harm
Humans
Injuries
Male
Marijuana
Marijuana Abuse - economics
Marijuana Abuse - mortality
Mathematical analysis
Middle Aged
Monte Carlo simulation
Property
Property damage
Psychiatry
Severity
Traffic
Traffic accidents & safety
Traffic collision
Willingness to pay
Wounds and Injuries - economics
Wounds and Injuries - mortality
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Cannabis collisions resulted in 75 deaths and 4407 injuries in 2012. • There were up to 24,879 victims of property damage only cannabis collisions in 2012. • Cannabis collisions costs ranged from $1.09 to $1.28 billion CAD in 2012. • Cannabis collision harms were particularly high amongst those ages 16-34 years old.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.12.024