The number of serious crashes involving drivers under the influence of drugs is growing in Nebraska. The trend concerns state officials.
Twenty-eight Nebraskans have died this year in crashes in which one of the drivers had drugs in their system.
Nebraska Highway Safety Administrator Fred Zwonechek calls it a troubling trend. . .

Zwonechek says numerous factors could be in play, but the legalization of marijuana in Colorado almost certainly plays a role. . .https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/fred-z-1224b

Nebraska recorded 22 deaths from DUI wrecks last year and previously averaged only about a dozen each year.