Have You Heard? Stories of Cannabis and Driving.
With an increase in cannabis-impaired driving fatalities, the story of Howard and Polli Small remains prevalent.
Howard and Polli Small’s son, Ethan, was a 28-year-old go-getter finding his way in the world. He had recently launched his own social media consulting business and drove for a rideshare company on the side.
January 19, 2019, Ethan picked up a rider from the Women’s March in downtown Denver. He dropped off his passenger at the Colfax at Auraria RTD station. On his way out of the station, the traffic light turned green, he entered the intersection, and was broadsided by another driver running a red light going 90 miles per hour. Ethan didn’t survive. The driver of the other car was impaired on alcohol, marijuana and benzodiazepines.