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Pot Could Impair Your Driving for a Month

By Valerie Tejeda

Marijuana use could reduce road safety for a while, a study suggests. MORE  

Morning Roundup: February 22, 2013

By Bryan Le

Doctors debate prescribing pot to patients, fruit flies get their babies drunk, and One Direction bandmates stay booze-free backstage. MORE  

Morning Roundup: February 11, 2013

By The Fix staff

Australian sports teams face doping charges, eating disorders on the rise in Canada, and Jay Williams says Chicago Bulls players got high before games. MORE  

Washington Tackles "Green" DUIs

By Bryan Le

The state now regulates high driving with a legal THC limit, and cops are cracking down. MORE  

Morning Roundup: November 16, 2012

By The Fix staff

Alcohol exacerbates the obesity epidemic, five-hour energy drinks blamed for 13 deaths, and Bon Jovi's daughter recovers from heroin OD. MORE  

China Bans Drug Addicts From Driving

By McCarton Ackerman

Known addicts have to apply to have their licenses revoked in the next 30 days. MORE  

Pot-Smoking Driver Leaves Baby on Roof

By Valerie Tejeda

An act of supreme forgetfulness lands a young mom in trouble. MORE  

Insurance Company Claims Stoned Driving Is "Safe"

By Valerie Tejeda

A controversial new survey contradicts previous evidence of the dangers of driving high. MORE  

Pot Use Doubles Car Crash Risk

By McCarton Ackerman

A new study shows that marijuana use dangerously impairs drivers' spatial awareness. MORE  

California Wants to Extinguish Stoned Driving

By Dirk Hanson

How much marijuana impairs a driver? Nobody knows. MORE  

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After much research and debate, the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has been rolled out.

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