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Stoned on the job? Increase in work injuries linked to legal weed

Stoned on the job? Increase in work injuries linked to legal weed

There has been a 10% rise in workplace injuries in regions of the US where it is legal to smoke a joint, findings that come as countries including Germany and Thailand debate loosening or tightening rules around marijuana use. "Laws that allow recreational marijuana sales were associated with a 10% increase in workplace injuries among individuals ages 20 to 34," the researchers said, in findings published by the American Medical Association (AMA) and based on official workplace injury data. From University of Wisconsin-Parkside, San Diego State University and Bentley University, the economists......