Bill to legalize pot set for spring 2017 despite lack of ‘reliable’ tool to detect high drivers. The federal task force on legalizing marijuana says the Liberal government must launch a public awareness blitz and boost spending on police training and tools to keep pot-impaired drivers off the roads.
Anne McLellan, a former cabinet minister who chaired the task force, said Canadians are now routinely charged and convicted of drug-impaired driving. But she said right now, there is no reliable, proven roadside test for marijuana intoxication.
“Drug-impaired driving is a problem, is a challenge, here in Canada today,” she said. “That is why the science is very quickly catching up. But are we there yet? No.”
McLellan said the RCMP, OPP and other police forces across Canada are currently trying out roadside testing devices to determine which one, if any, might be the “breakthrough.”
Kathleen Harris – CBC News – Dec 13, 2016.
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