Driving While High

• ‘Very large increase’ in weed-related traffic injuries since legalization: study

  Over a span of 11 years, annual rates of Ontario emergency department visits for cannabis-related traffic injuries have surged 475 per cent, according to a recent study.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2023
  
• MADD Saskatoon looking for memorial submissions for monument

  A ceremony will take place in June featuring speakers and dignitaries to honour the names being added to the Saskatchewan Memorial Monument, victims of impaired driving.

  Canada

  May 11, 2022
  
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• SGI focusing on educating young adults about impaired driving during back to school

  According to SGI, 32 per cent of all drivers involved in impaired driving collisions in the province in 2020 were between the ages of 18 and 25.

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2021
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• Lambton OPP charge 8 drivers with impaired driving

  OPP reported between June 18 and June 27, eight people varying in age from 25 to 59 were caught driving under the influence.

  Crime

  Jun 29, 2021
• London police arrest local man for impaired driving, leaving scene of collision

  A witness called police on Saturday at approximately 6:30 a.m., after a vehicle had flipped onto its roof in the area of Royal Crescent and Wexford Avenue.

  Crime

  Feb 23, 2021
• London police report rise in drug-related impaired driving charges

  In November alone, London police laid 33 drug-related impaired driving charges, which police say is more than the service has seen over the course of an entire year previously.

  Crime

  Dec 17, 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
• Saskatchewan police highlighting impaired driving in August

  Penalties start at .04 blood-alcohol concentration for experienced drivers, while criminal charges can be laid if a driver exceeds .08.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2019
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• No spike in cannabis-impaired driving charges 6 months after legalization: RCMP

  Canadian police say they haven't been busting many more stoned drivers six months after legalization, but they are reminding drivers to keep cannabis out of reach.

  Cannabis

  Apr 25, 2019
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• OPP launches first Festive RIDE campaign of legal cannabis era

  Provincial police are reminding drivers they are as prepared to deal with drug-impaired drivers over the holidays as those who are alcohol-impaired.

  Cannabis

  Nov 26, 2018