Sessions Wrong About Drugged Driving
Attorney General Jeff Sessions claimed that more car accidents were “caused” by drugs than alcohol for the first time in 2016. But the report his office cited as support didn’t show that.
The report shows alcohol — not drugs — was present in the system of more drivers killed in car crashes. It also doesn’t say the fatal accidents were “caused” by drugs. It’s more difficult to prove a person is under the influence of drugs than alcohol while driving. Unlike alcohol, testing positive for a drug — marijuana in particular — doesn’t prove intoxication. Marijuana can be detected days or even weeks after consumption.
Sessions made his claim on June 22 during a private Q&A with interns at the Department of Justice. ABC News made a video of the event public on Dec. 7, after obtaining it through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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