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Association between legalization of recreational cannabis and fatal motor vehicle collisions in the United States: an ecologic study

Sarah B. Windle, Mark J. Eisenberg, Pauline Reynier, Josselin Cabaussel, Brett D. Thombs, Roland Grad, Carolyn Ells, Crystal Sequeira and Kristian B. Filion
March 17, 2021 9 (1) E233-E241; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200155
Sarah B. Windle
Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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Mark J. Eisenberg
Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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Pauline Reynier
Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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Josselin Cabaussel
Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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Brett D. Thombs
Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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Roland Grad
Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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Carolyn Ells
Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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Crystal Sequeira
Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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Kristian B. Filion
Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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vol. 9 no. 1 E233-E241
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200155
PubMed 
33731424
History 
  • Published online March 17, 2021.
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  1. Sarah B. Windle, MPH,
  2. Mark J. Eisenberg, MD MPH,
  3. Pauline Reynier, MSc,
  4. Josselin Cabaussel, MSc,
  5. Brett D. Thombs, PhD,
  6. Roland Grad, MD MSc,
  7. Carolyn Ells, PhD,
  8. Crystal Sequeira, MScA,
  9. Kristian B. Filion, PhD
  1. Lady Davis Institute (Windle, Eisenberg, Reynier, Cabaussel, Thombs, Grad, Ells, Sequeira, Filion) and Division of Cardiology (Eisenberg), Jewish General Hospital; Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Windle, Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Medicine (Eisenberg, Thombs, Filion), Psychiatry (Thombs), Psychology (Thombs), Educational and Counselling Psychology (Thombs), Family Medicine (Grad, Ells) and Social Studies of Medicine (Ells), McGill University; Biomedical Ethics Unit (Ells), Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
  1. Correspondence to: Kristian Filion, kristian.filion{at}mcgill.ca
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Sarah B. Windle, Mark J. Eisenberg, Pauline Reynier, Josselin Cabaussel, Brett D. Thombs, Roland Grad, Carolyn Ells, Crystal Sequeira, Kristian B. Filion
Jan 2021, 9 (1) E233-E241; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20200155

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Jan 2021, 9 (1) E233-E241; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20200155
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