Driving High

• More than 150K people in Ontario have driven high on edibles in last 3 months, survey suggests

  "With the growing popularity of cookies, gummies, and chocolates, since legalization, the use of edibles continues to rise and so do people who drive high on edibles."

  Crime

  Dec 1, 2022
  
• Woman accused of killing 9-year-old Baeleigh Maurice makes first court appearance

  Nine-year-old Baeleigh was hit by a pickup truck on Sept. 9, 2021, on 33rd Street West while riding her scooter on a marked crosswalk.

  Crime

  Apr 12, 2022
  
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• ‘Impaired driver caught here’: MADD Lethbridge partners with police on campaign

  Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) volunteers will place signs at roadside locations where impaired drivers have been caught in the city.

  Crime

  Mar 23, 2022
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• Bancroft woman charged with drug-impaired driving in Peterborough: police

  A bystander alerted police to a driver who was unconscious at the steering wheel of a vehicle parked on Stewart Street on Wednesday afternoon.

  Crime

  Sep 30, 2021
• 10 per cent of Ontario youth admit to having smoked cannabis before driving: study

  A new University of Ottawa study indicates 10 per cent of young people in Ontario say they have driven a car within an hour of consuming cannabis.

  Cannabis

  Jun 22, 2021
• Impaired driving charge laid in tractor-trailer crash on Hwy. 401 near Port Hope

  A tractor-trailer crashed on the eastbound lanes of Hwy. 401 Friday morning, near the off-ramp to the ONRoute service centre in Port Hope.

  Jun 26, 2020
• ‘She’s saying she’s on shrooms’: York police release 911 call involving alleged impaired driver

  In a police dashcam video involving a suspected impaired driver, officers said 'the driver was so high she needed to be taken to hospital as a precaution.'

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2020
• 26% of young Canadians admit driving high or riding with a cannabis-impaired driver: survey

  Eighty-six per cent said they understood the importance of making alternate travel plans after consuming alcohol — only 70 per cent said the same about cannabis.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2019
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• Operation Red Nose returns to Greater Saint John

  In order to accommodate the volunteers, the program will operate in a smaller window this year. Running on Nov. 29 and 30 as well as Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2019
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• No B.C. driver has been criminally charged with cannabis impairment since legalization

  The issue is under the microscope after a joint-smoking Saanich driver escaped cannabis-impaired driving penalties this week.

  Cannabis

  Jul 31, 2019