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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: Driving While Stoned; Spoiled College Students Against Safe Pesticides
Description: "Climate-anxious" college students are pushing to have low-risk  pesticides banned from their campuses. Meanwhile, states that have  legalized recreational marijuana use are concerned that their new policy  may cause more car accidents. We examine the science behind both  stories on episode 14 of the Science Dispatch podcast.
One Toke Over the Median: Driving Stoned
There is some truth to the urban myth that those high on marijuana  tend to drive more slowly and at greater distances from other cars,  either out of fear of being pulled over or because of some impairment of  their perceptions. With eighteen states (and the...