Pot-impaired Driving

• Are Canada’s pot-impaired driving penalties too strict? New study suggests yes

  A new study from the University of British Columbia is suggesting that Canada's cannabis-impaired driving penalties may be too strict.

  Cannabis

  Jun 13, 2019
  
• Pot-impaired driving has motorists worried over the holidays

  A new poll by CAA shows 73 per cent of people believe an increase in cannabis-impaired driving will be seen over the holiday season.

  Cannabis

  Dec 27, 2018
  
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• B.C. holds off on legislation targeting stoned drivers

  B.C. won't follow Ontario's lead on new legislation cracking down on pot-impaired drivers — for now.

  Health

  Sep 19, 2017
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• Calgary councillor Jim Stevenson concerned about enforcement of marijuana impairment

  A Calgary councillor is worried the push to legalize recreational marijuana is happening too quickly for provinces and municipalities to react.

  Crime

  May 4, 2017
• Pot legalization: Seven questions that still need to be answered

  Today's announcement about legalizing recreational pot left some questions still unanswered. How will legal pot be sold? Will we be allowed to smoke in public? What about age limits?

  Apr 13, 2017
• Simple roadside tests can identify pot-impaired drivers, study shows

  Four roadside tests that could be used by non-specialist police officers caught over 95 per cent of drivers stoned on marijuana, a U.S. study has found.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2017
• As legal pot looms, Supreme Court ruling will make stoned driving trials simpler

  Expert testimony can be admitted in drugged-driving trials without a preliminary examination of the evidence, the Supreme Court has ruled. The decision could simplify the complicated process of trying accused stoned drivers.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2017
• Nine questions Parliament will have to answer before we legalize marijuana

  From home grow rules to minimum ages, lawmakers have lots of decisions to make about the details of legalizing marijuana.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2016
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• Drunk driving charges are the highest in Saskatchewan

  Saskatchewan had far more impaired driving charges in 2015 than other provinces - more than twice as high a rate as Manitoba.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2016
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• How many pot plants Canadians will be allowed to grow

  If the marijuana commission's report becomes law, Canadians will be allowed to grow up to four plants per adult, none of them enormous.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2016