{"id":788,"date":"2019-02-07T08:54:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T08:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/hawaii\/?p=788"},"modified":"2022-05-27T03:46:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T03:46:26","slug":"as-lawmakers-consider-legalizing-recreational-weed-madd-takes-on-new-cause-drugged-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/hawaii\/as-lawmakers-consider-legalizing-recreational-weed-madd-takes-on-new-cause-drugged-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"As lawmakers consider legalizing recreational weed, MADD takes on new cause: drugged driving"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"788\" class=\"elementor elementor-788\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22edceb4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22edceb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79f0e35c\" data-id=\"79f0e35c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-678dcaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"678dcaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MADD\u2019s focus will always be about decreasing driving while drunk, but Carol McNamee says now it\u2019s also adding on the additional, growing problem of driving while drugged. <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kitv.com\/story\/39928167\/as-lawmakers-consider-legalizing-recreational-weed-madd-takes-on-new-cause-drugged-driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> by Diane Ako.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADD\u2019s focus will always be about decreasing driving while drunk, but Carol McNamee says now it\u2019s also adding on the additional, growing problem of driving while drugged. 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