Before we legalize pot, Canada has to decide: How high is too high to drive?
Article 253 (1) of the Criminal Code of Canada outlaws the operation a motor vehicle, boat, aircraft or railway engine while a “person’s ability to operate . . . is impaired by alcohol or a drug.” The provision has existed for decades, but it’s only recently that the justice system has seriously tried coming to grips with the question of drugged driving – and it has done so only semi-successfully. As the federal government prepares to legalize marijuana, here’s another item to add to the to-do list: setting out specific enforcement criteria for driving under its influence.
Other countries have done it – the United Kingdom has perhaps the strictest and most comprehensive set of laws – but not without difficulty. There are problems associated with establishing baseline levels of impairment. It took
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