Smoking Marijuana While Driving Unsafe

(Jefferson City, MO) With more drivers on Missouri Roads this holiday season Missouri State Highway Patrol Officials are urging drivers to not smoke marijuana and drive. The Patrol's, Corporal Dallas Thompson, says even though it's legal, it's against the law to drive under the influence of marijuana.

Over the 2022 Christmas holiday, there were 1,017 traffic crashes statewide. In those crashes, four people were killed and another 318 were injured. This year’s traffic crash counting period begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 22, and ends at 11:59 p.m. Monday, December 25, 2023. If faced with a traffic emergency, motorists can contact the Missouri State Highway Patrol at 1-800-525-5555 or *55 on a cellular phone. This emergency number will ring into the nearest Highway Patrol headquarters. Motorists should use this number if they are in a traffic crash, witness a crash or crime, or pass a stranded motorist in need of assistance, etc.