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This is how a number of criminal defence lawyers from around the country are referring to the Dräger DrugTest 5000, recently approved by the federal government as a device to be used by police the in testing of drivers for impairment from marijuana. Defence counsel who spoke with The Lawyer’s Daily said the use of the Dräger […]

Finally, Canada is in the final stages of approving a roadside testing device that will be used across the country to test for THC, the active component in cannabis, once cannabis is legalized this coming October. In July, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announced that Canadian law enforcement will using the Dräger DrugTest 5000 in roadside

We’re only about 5 weeks away from marijuana legalization in Canada, and when it is legal, police will begin testing for impaired drivers. One roadside machine available to them is the Drager DrugTest 5000. You’ll hear a man test the machine out on the radio to see if it picks up the cannabis in his system.

The provincial government has launched a new crackdown on distracted driving, this time focusing on drivers who use their phone while stopped at red lights. But some critics say that part is nothing more than a cash grab.  … “The people that are being ticketed in these investigations are people who are not posing a risk

Without even being frozen, drivers could see their driver’s license suspended for three months, because of the THC present in their saliva. Quebec law provides for “zero tolerance” for cannabis while driving, a new criminal offense under the Highway Traffic Act. Under this law, a driver will be sanctioned regardless of the amount of THC in

As marijuana is about to be legalized, the federal government today approved a drug testing device called “The Drager Drug Test 5000,” which law enforcement agencies will use to check whether the driver is driving after the drug. A Vancouver lawyer, Kyla Lee, said that every time the police use the test, it costs 20

The British Columbia government announced Wednesday it is suing 40 companies in connection with manufacturing opioids. The province is looking to recoup healthcare costs associated with the province’s ongoing opioid epidemic that has killed thousands. “Opioid misuse and addiction has taken a terrible toll on thousands of families and individuals in British Columbia. These British

Two lawyers from a Vancouver-based law firm say they are ready to challenge the usage of a newly approved saliva-screening device for marijuana in court as soon as it hits the road. On Monday, federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould approved the Dräger DrugTest 5000, a device that will soon be available to police forces across the

Kyla Lee of Acumen Law was interviewed in The Craig Needles Show and shared her knowledge on determining who is impaired from cannabis. She also expressed her expectations on what might happen after October 17. … Determining impairments from cannabis is going to be very difficult because unlike alcohol, you can’t say that with this

The accuracy and invasiveness of the new saliva-collecting tests will be challenged in Canadians courts. … There are going to be numerous court challenges across the country to this and it is the type of thing that is going to make its way to the Supreme Court of Canada because its new law, because we