Police forces across Canada will have new powers to rent from the top to the bottom of upon the body drug-impaired driving after the holiday weekend, federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson reminded Canadians on Friday.
Beginning Wednesday, officers will be quick to gather evidence against drivers suspected of being high behind the wheel.
Drug-impaired driving is already a Criminal Code offence, but the new legislation will compel those drivers to take a roadside test, such as walking a straight line.
‘We are today with drugs and driving where we were with alcohol and driving 15 years ago.’?Gregg Thomson, father of teen killed in accident
They have power to also have existence taken to a police station during more intensive tests. If they become bankrupt those, they could subsist ordered to give a blood, urine or spittle sample.
Refusing the roadside test would be a criminal offence, as is the case for refusing a breathalyzer.
“As of July 2, grant that you are caught driving impaired, you will be held fully accountable for your actions,? Nicholson said as he and representatives of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) praised the new measures.
Stan Thomson was 18 when he and four friends were killed in a car crash nine years ago. They were involved in a pileup outside Ottawa that was triggered by a teenager in the group of friends who pulled out to ticket. He and the others had been smoking marijuana.
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