Man to be charged with driving impairment by drugs

This story does NOT say what drugs were being used or how. They do NOT mention cannabis. But they seem to allude possibly to it. They mention that a level of impairment is yet to be determined. Probably trying to set up some examples to bolster the weed and driving angle they are using to stay working.

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1436917

It'll be interesting to learn the details - what drug and how they test for 'level of impairment'. I think if it was cannabis they would have said so immediately, but because it wasn't, they will keep that info to themselves. Kinda hard to justify a demand for money for a doubling of the force to catch pot smokers when it's opiates that are causing the deaths.. My guess is a heroin addict nodded off...

In australia police do swag testing for meth and thc

Bill C-45, the Act of Parliament that makes the recreational consumption of cannabis legal, passed the House of Commons in June, but won't be proclaimed until October 17th. Bill C-46 gives police new charges they can lay under the Criminal Code to counteract those who feel they can drive while impaired by drugs. It received royal assent June 21st. The new charges focus on the concentration of THC in the bloodstream, and are measured in nanograms per millilitre (ng/ml). It is an offence for low-level THC concentrations of 2 to less than 5 ng/ml, and that will be a $1,000 fine. An offence for higher-level THC concentrations exceeding 5 ng/ml is also a $1,000 fine and up to 120 days in jail. A third offence that recognizes the effects of combined marijuana and alcohol consumption; 50 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood plus 2.5 ng/ml or more of THC will equal a $1,000 fine to 120 days in jail. Police say it is important to note that the new offences apply to those with a medical authorization for cannabis.

The only acceptable cannabis testing, in my opinion, would be AFTER you failed a breathalyzer test for alcohol.
People who drive should not consume both.

nothing new..we've said all along they would criminalize patients because they CANT deal with them lol

So the government is disabling me even more...nice.

Bill C-46 is a temporary act. It will expire with the first charge and court challenge.

Someone died. I think this is the new thing, any accident or crash, if you test positive they are going to claim you are impaired regardless. So don't get into an accident.

I watch a lot of dashcam vids.. I know, how morbid.
But in 80% or more of them at least one of the cars involved, has no time to react no matter how sober he is.