How Does Legal Marijuana Impact Personal Injury Cases?
While marijuana use is legal in many places for people over the age of 21 and is decriminalized, it does not change whether or not a person under the influence can be considered at fault in a personal injury case. Marijuana use, legal or not, is treated similarly to alcohol and other substances when it comes to things like driving, operating heavy machinery, and personal injury cases. Like alcohol, cannabis impairs a person’s reaction times. Most states have passed a range of laws governing the legal use of cannabis to keep people safe. Just like it is illegal to drive under the influence of alcohol or with an open container, the same goes for marijuana. If you are injured by a person found to be under the influence of marijuana, they cannot use its legality as a defense in a personal injury case. People who use marijuana have a duty