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Cannabis use negatively affects performance on driving-related cognitive tasks. (Shutterstock)

Cannabis‑impaired driving: Here’s what we know about the risks of weed behind the wheel

Dina Gaid, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Jennifer Donnan, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Lisa Bishop, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Maisam Najafizada, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Maria Josey, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Michael Blackwood, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Cannabis use doubles the risk of a fatal or serious-injury car crash, but some people believe it’s safer than alcohol-impaired driving. Here’s what you need to know about cannabis behind the wheel.
People gather in Trinity Bellwoods park for a weed bubble blowing event in Toronto on Oct. 17, 2018, the day cannabis became legal in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Cannabis education should aim to normalize — not prevent — safe and legal use

Maisam Najafizada; Bui K. Petersen, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Jennifer Donnan, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Lisa Bishop, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Sandy Brennan, Memorial University of Newfoundland

If the goal of cannabis legalization was to protect public health and safety, education and awareness campaigns must normalize safe cannabis use, not stop cannabis consumption.
If countries commit to universal health coverage alone, they will be emphasizing disease management over investing in wellness. (Shutterstock)

Universal health coverage alone won’t radically improve global health

Maisam Najafizada, Memorial University of Newfoundland

The UN’s global health policy related to universal health coverage should be grounded in primary health care – with meaningful benchmarks to ensure patient participation.
The United Nations says people “left behind” include those vulnerable to the effects of climate change, but aren’t the furthest behind those damaging the environment? Here, a man rides a bicycle through a devastated Homs, Syria. Numerous studies say climate change was a factor in record-setting drought, one of several causes of the country’s civil war. AP Photo/Dusan Vranic

‘Leaving no one behind’ conveys a paternalistic approach to development

Maisam Najafizada and Sunisha Neupane, Université de Montréal

The United Nations Declaration on sustainable development stresses “leaving no-one behind,” but what about the factors that cause many to be behind in the first place?
Women in Nepal are tapped for volunteer health work. Many take on the work out of a sense of duty, but also gain access to otherwise inaccessible opportunities. Here women are seen on a bus in Pokhara, Nepal. Terry Boynton/Unsplash

Women health‑care volunteers have no upward mobility

Maisam Najafizada and Jill Allison, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Women health-care volunteers in places like Nepal, Afghanistan and Ethiopia play a vital role in the health system, yet they are undervalued and undertrained.

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