Roadside testing for cannabis impairment has been a struggle since the onset of federal legalization in Canada. While inebriated driving is unquestionably dangerous and problematic—despite what many Canadians seem to believe—roadside testing methods for cannabis intoxication have been widely panned as inaccurate.
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Meanwhile, B.C. lawyers Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko of Acumen Law acquired a Drager test earlier this year and reported that eating poppyseed cake and drinking coca tea produced a false positive reading for opioids and cocaine. Experts have predicted that more legal challenges are on the horizon.
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