Our adventures in science continue in Can You Fail It. This time, we will be seeing if you can fail a breathalyzer with apple juice. We received a request to test the drink to see if it can fool a breathalyzer and we duly complied. We will be testing SunRype apple juice. Apple juice does […]
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A few weeks ago, we tested Kikkoman Soy Sauce to see if it could cause a fail on a breathalyzer. Now, we are testing another Kikkoman product to find out if you can fail a breathalyzer with teriyaki sauce. In “Can You Fail It?”, we put everyday household items to the test to ask, Can
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It’s the second installment of Can You Fail a Breathalyzer with Kombucha. Welcome to Can You Fail It? We put everyday household items to the test to ask, Can You Fail It? That is, can you give a false positive reading on a breathalyzer after consuming it. After receiving numerous suggestions to test kombucha, we
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Our myth-busting mission continues with bananas. They are a staple fruit for many of us, but can eating them lead to a false reading on a breathalyzer? Acumen Law Corporation lawyers Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko will be testing to see if eating bananas can give, what would appear to be, an alcohol reading on
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Happy Good Friday, everyone! In honour of Easter, Acumen Law Corporation lawyers Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko will be testing hot cross buns to see if eating them can lead to a false reading on a breathalyzer. The result may surprise you.
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In less than a week the drinking driving law landscape is changing dramatically and Canadians need to know about it. Most people know the phrase “ignorance of the law is not an excuse.” What it means is that even if you don’t know the law on something, you’re still governed by it. And right now
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Wrongful convictions make for great television dramas. Until about 20 years ago, there seemed to be a significant public appetite to improve the justice system to reduce the risk of wrongful punishment and wrongful convictions. But things changed and we see that our federal government is hell-bent on ensuring people are wrongly punished for drunk
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As the annual BC Christmas Counter Attack campaign gets underway, and with the news that Manitoba is introducing an Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) scheme modelled on ours here in BC, we thought it was an appropriate time to discuss those who are innocent of impaired driving in BC. An argument we often hear is that
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Ottawa may approve a roadside device that tests cannabis impairment that may give false readings in cold weather. BNN Bloomberg hears more from Kyla Lee, a criminal defence lawyer at Acumen Law who fights impaired driving charges. To watch the full interview, click here.
The first device set to be approved by the federal government for roadside saliva tests to determine marijuana impairment isn’t suited for cold weather, and has been found to give “fairly large proportions of false-positive or false-negative results.” Last month Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould published a notice of intention to approve the Dräger DrugTest 5000, and
Now that we know when legal cannabis will arrive in Canada, a lawyer with Acumen Law says there will be a lot of wrinkles to iron out once legalization arrives. Kyla Lee says, one of the biggest areas of concern will be how drug-impaired drivers are dealt with. “As the driving issue moves forward we are
Here at the Acumen Law Justice Centre, we have a number of projects underway at any given time. Many of them are projects we are undertaking in secret, and that we do not talk about on our blog. We’re not the type of people who give up easily. Or at all. We appealed this decision
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