THC in Your Blood Doesn’t Mean Your High Behind the Wheel: Unpacking the Latest Driving Study

The headline screams “THC-impaired driving deaths are soaring” but here’s what the study actually found: 246 deceased drivers in Montgomery County, Ohio had their blood tested for THC after fatal crashes between 2019 and 2024. That’s it. No comparison to living drivers. No control group of people who didn’t crash. No actual measurement of impairment. Just the presence of THC in bodies hours after death.