Canada decrim sets stage for drugged driving crackdown "Drug expert can tell who's stoned," according to a piece published a few days ago in the Stouffville Sun Tribune.
While hyping the supposedly precise science of determining who's using drugs and who's not (which is undermined by this quote from one of the drug experts: "There are certain things in the body you don't have control over, no matter what you try," he said. "Those are the telltale signs you may be impaired by a drug."[emphasis added])
Besides a description of the process, what's really interesting is this prediction:
However, the real work is expected to begin should the federal government decriminalize marijuana.
Coming hand-in-hand with decriminalization is Bill C-16, introduced in the house of commons Nov. 1.
The bill proposes changes to the criminal code that would enable police officers to demand drivers suspected of being impaired by a drug undergo a standardized field sobriety test or a drug detection evaluation.
It would also make it an offence to refuse to provide an oral fluid, urine or blood sample on demand.
With relaxed public attitudes toward marijuana, the drug being increasingly used for medicinal purposes and decriminalization on the way, Det.-Const. Kuttschrutter, who will train other drug experts in the new year, expects to be busy.
It seems more and more that the decrim proposal is being used to sugarcoat other invasive anti-drug measures being proposed in Canada.
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