How will Canada crack down on marijuana-impaired drivers?

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CannaReview

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VIANARCHRIS said:
Before then, police records didn't single out different types of drugs in data collection for crime statistics.

"When you arrested someone for driving under the influence, it's either driving under the influence of alcohol or driving under the influence of drugs. Nobody really knows how many you have, because no one separated those prior to the legalization of marijuana," said Eldridge. "They were all lumped together."
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Of course they didn't. Wait where did we just see the exact same thing a few months ago? OH yah at the Allard case, magically Cannabis and other hard dugs are grouped together into one statistic. Birds of feather....
 
GroErr

GroErr

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sunni said:
i think you shouldnt drive impared on anything
whether that be prescription pills, alcohol , weed, or shrooms.
this also includes elderly age imho.

to me it isnt about what is safer or less impaired so much as its just you shouldnt drive if you put others at risk due to something you have put into your body and system that causes even a bit of impairment.
Responsibility is key when driving and its right not a privilege.

thats just my two cents on the matter. the roads should be free to be safe for all drivers.
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I agree with the impaired driving, regardless of what you're taking, driving is a privilege and should be treated with respect. Vehicles, particularly in larger cities like TO are dangerous enough with all the bad drivers out there, adding any impairment just makes things worse.

That said. Cops and politicians talking about this show their ignorance and hypocrisy. I've yet to see any intelligent rebuttal to this ignorant and biased argument for testing MJ impairment They're going to use the excuse that MJ impairs your driving to come up with new laws/technology to test for it, yet continue to allow driving on oxy's, perks and all those pharma meds? Can you say hypocrite? If they're serious about the issue of impaired driving then invest in technology to test for all impairment and treat all drugs/alcohol/stimulants the same. Anything else is just the same old "evil weed" mentality, ignorance and opportunists looking to make a buck on legalization.

I'd much rather share the road with someone who smoked a dube (more likely to be chilled and driving slow) than someone stoned on opioids.
 
doingdishes

doingdishes

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i live in Vancouver and i need all my wits to drive around here with all the 9 irons (closet thing to a driver they'll get)
there is an incredible amount of stupidity on the road. from just plain stupid to distracted to shit faced. i think we need all our wits about us to drive.
in order for them to say driving high is impaired, they need to prove impairment. you may have a high level of THC in your system due to daily usage but after using it for a long time, tolerance goes up...and for some, you don't get anything from smoking it
 
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Sthomp

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GroErr said:
I agree with the impaired driving, regardless of what you're taking, driving is a privilege and should be treated with respect. Vehicles, particularly in larger cities like TO are dangerous enough with all the bad drivers out there, adding any impairment just makes things worse.

That said. Cops and politicians talking about this show their ignorance and hypocrisy. I've yet to see any intelligent rebuttal to this ignorant and biased argument for testing MJ impairment They're going to use the excuse that MJ impairs your driving to come up with new laws/technology to test for it, yet continue to allow driving on oxy's, perks and all those pharma meds? Can you say hypocrite? If they're serious about the issue of impaired driving then invest in technology to test for all impairment and treat all drugs/alcohol/stimulants the same. Anything else is just the same old "evil weed" mentality, ignorance and opportunists looking to make a buck on legalization.

I'd much rather share the road with someone who smoked a dube (more likely to be chilled and driving slow) than someone stoned on opioids.
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Well said sir.

Also, I don't think a few hits from the bong always means being impaired. Depends a lot on how much you used and what and how long ago.

redi jedi said:
They will never be able to set a limit of thc like the limits of blood alcohol. There just isn't a one number fits all situation.
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That's it, they can't measure the effect with accuracy so it's all bad. I think we can all agree it's not good to have people sleeping or hallucinating behind the wheel but it's not as bad as some like to make it. Several studies showed that, like this one

'The first study to analyze the effects of cannabis on driving performance found that it caused almost no impairment. The impairment that it did cause was similar to that observed under the influence of a legal alcohol limit.'
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/kind-study-finds-virtually-driving-impairment-influence-marijuana/#U8fidKcyvRcW8kpo.99

Even when high from cannabis it's not worse than the effect of alcholol below the legal limit.
 
WHATFG

WHATFG

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Even the bottle of morphine tells you to drive with care after you see how it affects you. I don't usually get high, but if I do I don't drive. I drove on shitloads of morphine for years.
 
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