It's early yet. But despite claims by prohibitionists that the legalization of marijuana would lead to countless additional highway deaths, we can finally start to look at the data. It's only been (almost) four months, but I felt like looking up if traffic fatalities in Colorado really have taken off since January 1. I surprisingly couldn't find anything using a well-known search engine, so I went to the CO Dept. of Transportation website, which publishes this sort of data, and began typing numbers into a well-known spreadsheet program. Without further ado...
What do you know, highway deaths are actually DOWN so far this year compared to the last two years. We don't know the long-term impact on intoxicated driving by legalization, but it's certainly not looking like Coloradans are driving less safely this year.