In 2023 the state of Massachusetts will be the first state in the US where recreational consumption of Marijuana will be legal. Therefore it will include a lesson in driver education to address drug safety in relation to driving.
This was created by the American Automobile Association (AAA) in association with the Cannabis Control Commission and the Registry of Motor Vehicles: “Gear Shifting: The Hard Truth About Marijuana and Driving”, according to WCVB.
“This is the first generation of driver’s education students to be licensed since cannabis became legal in Massachusetts, and AAA’s research shows that drunk driving crashes may increase and continue to injure and kill motorists. and their passengers”, says the letter of the officials of the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
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Drivers under the age of 18 in the state must complete 30 hours of instruction in the salon before receiving a full and unrestricted license. It is estimated that about 50,000 drivers young people will learn the new program each year in the 700 driving schools of Massachusetts.
“The current driver’s education module addressing drink-driving will be updated to include research-based information on cannabis, explaining how tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active chemical in marijuana, affects cognition, vision, reaction time and the perception of time and distance. MassDOT officials say.
Education for this and other states in the United States can be a tool that legislators should consider, since after the legalization of marijuana there was an increase in car accidents.
According to AAA, the new interactive module offers information based on the dangers of driving under the influence of marijuana, in addition to demonstrating the “driver’s susceptibility to this impairment«. and the consequences thereof.
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