# ' The April 20 Cannabis Celebration and Fatal Traffic Crashes in the United States'

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-april-20-cannabis-celebration-and-fatal-traffic-crashes-in-the-united-states/114962>\
**Category:** Safety\
**Created:** [April 3, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-april-20-cannabis-celebration-and-fatal-traffic-crashes-in-the-united-states/114962 "2018-04-03T23:02:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-april-20-cannabis-celebration-and-fatal-traffic-crashes-in-the-united-states/114962/1 "2018-04-03T23:02:06Z")

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'Main findings show an increase in relative risk on April 20, no significant contrary findings, and an accentuated effect for younger individuals. ’

> **[April 20 and Fatal Traffic Crashes in the United States](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2672202)**
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> This data analysis examines the association between the April 20 cannabis celebrations in the United States and a population-level increase in the risk of fatal traffic crash involvement.

  
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Those dopers!

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-april-20-cannabis-celebration-and-fatal-traffic-crashes-in-the-united-states/114962/2 "2018-04-03T23:26:53Z")

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Of course, this is correlative, not causative data. Perhaps the spike comes because more people are on the road driving to their marijuana dealer’s street corner, rather than because they are actually high on marijuana while they’re driving.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-april-20-cannabis-celebration-and-fatal-traffic-crashes-in-the-united-states/114962/3 "2018-04-04T07:27:53Z")

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Never heard of it but I suppose we have days for everything else so why not pot?

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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-april-20-cannabis-celebration-and-fatal-traffic-crashes-in-the-united-states/114962/4 "2018-04-04T13:02:17Z")

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The independent variable could also be that 4/20 is the day the amateurs engage in intoxicated driving, kind of like New Years Eve and Independence Day. I don’t worry so much about functioning addicts, as they seem to learn to stay off the roads when using, opting to use at the end of the day before going to bed.

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-april-20-cannabis-celebration-and-fatal-traffic-crashes-in-the-united-states/114962/5 "2018-04-04T13:47:16Z")

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It has brought us at least one iconic vehicle:

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/6/663347d1c400d988e564b83a2f9d2d65b9abf21b.jpg)

😉