LOS ANGELES – About $27 million from the state’s tax on the cultivation and sale of cannabis and cannabis products is now available to help communities combat impaired driving, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday.
“These grants represent an opportunity for the CHP to work collaboratively with local traffic safety stakeholders to strategically address impaired driving issues while making California’s roadways a safer place to travel,” CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray said.
The California Office of Traffic Safety reported on its website that 42% of drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2018 who were tested were positive for legal and illegal drugs. The CHP will award grants to eligible law enforcement agencies and toxicology laboratories in Southern California and throughout the state, CHP officials said.
Applications will be accepted Jan. 7 through Feb. 23 for programs starting July 1, 2021, officials said.
The CHP will hold a virtual workshop January 6 for potential grant applicants. Information is available under 2021 Request for Application on the CHP’s website.
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Drugged says
“…42% of drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2018 who were tested were positive for legal and illegal drugs.”
A victimless crime…
tsparky says
“The California Office of Traffic Safety reported on its website that 42% of drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2018 who were tested were positive for legal and illegal drugs”. Not everyone was tested, only that were suspected to be on drugs. This doesn’t tell us how many out of the total # of deaths were positive for illegal/legal drugs, just the positivity rate of those tested. For example, if 5000 people were killed in crashes, but only 1000 were tested and 420 were positive, that gives the 42% rate of tested. But only 8.4% of total deaths.
STATS says
Thank you for that information! We need more people like yourself to provide these VALUABLE statistics.
EXAV says
Wildly manipulated stats. Ibuprofen is a legal drug. Nicotine is a legal drug. Caffeine is a legal drug.