Two lawyers from a Vancouver-based law firm say they are ready to challenge the use 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 country to combat drug-impaired driving, as the government prepares for the legalization of marijuana in October
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Her colleague Paul Doroshenko said it’s a result of a less established scientific base on how to detect the impairment.
“Legal challenge is inevitable,” he said.
“They designed the legislation by telling Parliament that they were going to have something that is equivalent to a roadside breath tester. But it’s not that.”
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