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Clearing the smoke on cannabis : Dissiper la fumée entourant le cannabis : cannabis au volant, version actualisée

19 Mar 2015

Given the prominence of cannabis as a drug of Prevalence of Cannabis Use and Driving abuse, this report presents the evidence on the prevalence Data from the 2012 Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use of driving following the use of cannabis, the impact of Monitoring Survey (CADUMS) reveal that 2.6% of drivers cannabis on driving performance and collision risk, and the in Canada admitted driving within de [...] This legislation revised the Criminal Code of Canada to provide police with the authority to demand a driver suspected of being under the influence of drugs to submit to a Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST), to participate in an evaluation of drug influence by an officer trained in the Drug Evaluation and Classification program (known as a Drug Recognition Expert or DRE), and to provide a sam [...] Performance Studies have assessed the nature and extent of the effects The Risk of Collision after Using of cannabis on a wide variety of cognitive and motor tasks Cannabis (e.g., Ashton, 2001; Berghaus & Guo, 1995; Hartman & Several studies have examined the risk of crash involvement Huestis, 2013; Ramaekers, Robbe, & O’Hanlon, 2000). [...] The results Whereas most people are familiar with the usual signs and of the DEC evaluation, when combined with the findings symptoms of alcohol use (e.g., odour of alcohol, bloodshot from the toxicological analysis of the sample, are sufficient eyes, slurred speech, motor incoordination), the same is to proceed with impaired driving charges. [...] Impaired drivers who cause an accident face a maximum 10-year period Drivers who demonstrate impaired performance on these of incarceration in the case of causing bodily harm, and tests are required to accompany the officer to the station for a life sentence in the case of causing death.
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Authors

Beirness, Douglas J, Porath-Waller, Amy J

ISBN
9781771782333
Pages
7
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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