Pubdate: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Copyright: 2017 The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Author: Paul Thiessen Page: A10 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n207/a06.html DRIVING WHILE HIGH In his troubling column, Andre Picard points to the health risks posed by alcohol, as well as marijuana (We Need To Stop Romanticizing Alcohol, June 27). An article published in Paediatrics and Child Health in March, based on self-reported data from the Victoria Healthy Youth Survey over the 10 years from 2003 to 2013, recounted that 80 per cent of males and 75 per cent of females in the frequent-user group (using marijuana more than once a week) reported "being in a car in the past 30 days driven by a driver [including themselves] using marijuana or other drugs." In the face of looming legalization of recreational marijuana in 2018, we urgently need a co-ordinated public-health strategy to mitigate the frightening risks posed by driving while under the influence. Paul Thiessen, MD, Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Matt