PENALTIES STRONGER FOR DRIVING ON DRUGS

MILWAUKEE (AP) Gov. Jim Doyle signed legislation Thursday
strengthening the state laws against driving or carrying a weapon
while under the influence of drugs.

The bill requires authorities to only prove that someone carrying a
gun or driving a car, all terrain vehicle, snowmobile or motorboat had
drugs in their systems to be prosecuted. Current law requires
authorities to prove the illegal drugs impaired them.

The legislation was inspired by a 2001 incident in which a driver high
on cocaine ran a red light and crashed into a vehicle driven by a
Waukesha woman who was pregnant.