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Sorry, Pot Heads: Legal Weed Linked to More Car Crashes

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Don’t smoke and drive, kids.

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Think that smoking marijuana cigarettes is all fun and games? Well, think again.

A new study published Tuesday in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs found that states that legalized recreational pot saw increases in traffic crashes and fatalities.

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