Marijuana is now legal in Colorado.

Driving high is not. According to DenverChannel.com, 12% of DUI or DUID citations involved marijuana.

In 2014, state troopers issued 5,546 citations for DUI/DUID.

The Colorado State Patrol said in 354 cases, marijuana was the only reason for the DUID citation. In 674 cases, marijuana was one of the reasons.

Colonel Scott Hernandez, Chief of the Colorado State Patrol ordered that the trends be tracked when it came to the specific substance for which citations were being issued.

With the legalization of marijuana, education on using it within the bounds of the law is obviously required. Colorado did a "Drive High, Get a DUI" marketing campaign. CDOT also conducted surveys that showed that people didn't know that you could get a DUI for driving high.

In September 2013, CDOT conducted a phone survey of 770 Coloradans on their attitudes and behaviors related to marijuana and driving. About two-thirds of marijuana users consumed it at least once a month, and 28 percent of users were partaking daily. Twenty-one percent of respondents who said they used marijuana in the past year had driven a motor vehicle after consuming marijuana within the past month. Those who drove within two hours of using marijuana did so 17 times a month, on average. Those who had used marijuana in the past year were half as likely to think a person would get a DUI if they drove within an hour after using marijuana as compared to those who had never used marijuana. This also highlighted the need to educate drivers that if they drive high, they can get a DUI.

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