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Kyla Lee is a partner at Acumen Law Corporation in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her practice focuses on impaired driving and roadside drug and alcohol testing. She is deeply concerned by new measures to be put in place by the government to address drug-impaired driving and has been an outspoken public advocate against putting regulation before […]

With Marijuana legalization looming, questions still remain around enforcement, specifically related to driving while under the influence of Cannabis. Some police including Vancouver police force said that the roadside marijuana testing device known as the Drager GrugTest 5000 will not be used in Vancouver. Kyla Lee with Acumen Law joins the program to discuss developments

Some Canadian police forces are hesitant to use a federally approved roadside marijuana test, raising questions about the Liberal government’s decision to give the devices the green light. Vancouver’s police department is among those that won’t use the Drager DrugTest 5000 when pot is legalized next month because it says the device doesn’t work in

OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Give it a chance, that’s what the federal NDP’s Justice critic is saying after learning a number of police forces are reluctant to use a federally-approved roadside test for marijuana once it becomes legal Oct. 17. Victoria MP Murray Rankin says he understands why the RCMP, Vancouver Police, and Delta Police

Vancouver is the latest police force to pass on the only federally approved marijuana roadside testing device. Like many other municipalities, they will be testing it out but not using it on the road. … “I applaud the police for making the decision to put more study into this before determining whether or not they

A controversial roadside test for marijuana will not be used by Vancouver and Delta Police Departments when recreational marijuana is legalized next month. Both departments are taking a temporary pass on the “Drager DrugTest 5000.” The device was recently approved by the federal government for roadside testing of THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. …

At least three police departments in B.C. have decided they won’t be using a federally approved marijuana testing device once the drug is legalized next month. Police in Vancouver, Delta and Kamloops have confirmed they won’t be using the Drager DrugTest 5000 in roadside screenings come Oct. 17. The Drager test was approved as the first saliva

This Week Jon and Nic talk about Mario Kart, the Aurora Coca-Cola news, Niagara College’s new Cannabis Program, they test out Canna Farms’ Pink Kush and Vancouver Attorney, Kyla Lee chats with the boys about Cannabis Impaired driving laws. … “None of these is written out in the regulations that they have introduced. None of

An uproar in the Vancouver cannabis community and on social media occurred recently. It was the result of Vancouver Police Department officers seizing cannabis from a so-called opioid replacement site. The rationale offered by the VPD for these actions was simple: cannabis remains illegal, and trafficking cannabis is also illegal. Despite the fact that the people operating the

After pointing out the shortcomings of the Drager DrugTest 5000, Kyla Lee of Acumen Law Corporation is once again on Evan Soloman Show. This time, she talks about the issue of testing whether the people are impaired when behind the wheel. … “I think that that is s a very good approach. I actually am

Can I smoke pot and drive? What happens if I’m caught high behind the wheel? How will police test for drug impairment? With just weeks until Canada becomes the second country in the world to legalize recreational use of marijuana, many questions remain unanswered about how the move will affect drivers. CTV News teamed up

With legalization just around the corner, people genuinely want to know more about cannabis and its medical uses. But with information overload, it’s hard to keep up. In this column, we are taking your questions, straight to the experts who will give you the most straight-forward answer possible—while making you feel more comfortable about cannabis,