A legal insurance research group has published a study claiming that in the years after recreational marijuana was legalized, car insurance claims went up. In Colorado, Washington and Oregon, claims went up an average of 2.7% in the years following legalization, as compared to surrounding states with no legalized marijuana. Researchers accounted for factors such as the number of vehicles on the road in the study and control states, age and gender of drivers, weather and even if the driver making a claim was employed or not. Neighboring states were…
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