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The rate of teenagers driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol has dropped across the country, but there has been a slight increase in the number of teens who report driving after inhaling pot.
According to new research published in the American Journal of Public Health, the rate of teenagers who reported driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol at least once over the past week, or riding as a passenger in a car being operated by a person who had consumed drugs or alcohol, has dropped at least 4% since 2001. However, the number of teens who reported driving under the influence of marijuana, has actually increased over the past three years.
The researchers focused on survey responses that were gathered from more than 13,000 high school seniors who were polled every year. The research conclusively finds that 20% of high school seniors recently travelled in a car operated by a person driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or had driven a car after using drugs or alcohol.
Overall, there seems to have been a drop in the number of people who reported such behavior since 2001, when 22% of high school seniors reported such behaviors.
Over the last three years, there has been an increase in persons who reported driving after using marijuana. Those numbers increased from 10% in 2008, to a high of 12% in 2011. The research also finds that male teenagers are much more likely to drive or operate a vehicle after using drugs and alcohol, which shouldn't be any surprise to Las Vegas car accident lawyers.
However, when it comes to the equally dangerous practice of riding in a car with someone who has used drugs or alcohol, there seem to be no differences between the genders. Girls are just as likely to exhibit such poor judgment as boys.
