Ottawa Police Anticipate Increased Drugged Driving With New Marijuana Laws
Drugged driving is a growing problem, police fear.
As pot dispensaries become more prevalent in Ottawa, there is growing concern about people driving while high.
In May, Canada’s leading drive-safe group held a series of meetings with new members of Parliament to discuss what it calls the need to implement better roadside testing technology, before legislation to legalize marijuana is passed.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving appealed to the government to do away with current drug-recognition evaluations, and implement “drug wipe” roadside saliva tests, similar to the Breathalyzer tests that detect alcohol, to tell on the spot whether a person is impaired by drugs.
While MADD believes the current system is time-consuming and yields few charges, the system must be followed, says Sgt. John Kiss of the Ottawa police’s impaired driving countermeasures department.
Kiss helps to shed some light on what police believe will be a growing problem, and what drivers should...
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