News (Media Awareness Project) - CN ON: LTE: There Are No Roadside Tests |
| Title: | CN ON: LTE: There Are No Roadside Tests |
| Published On: | 2002-09-10 |
| Source: | Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-22 02:09:45 |
THERE ARE NO ROADSIDE TESTS
Unlike alcohol, there are no known "roadside" tests for police to determine
whether a driver's ability is handicapped by marijuana.
Until those tools are provided, the Senate committee's proposal to legalize
marijuana is premature.
The media should take a look at the effect of unlimited access to a mood
modifier that may create as much carnage on the highways as would
unregulated use of alcohol.
"Guilty until proven innocent" must be the norm applied to full acceptance
of a new intoxicant into our society.
- -- Jack Davies, Tillsonburg.
Unlike alcohol, there are no known "roadside" tests for police to determine
whether a driver's ability is handicapped by marijuana.
Until those tools are provided, the Senate committee's proposal to legalize
marijuana is premature.
The media should take a look at the effect of unlimited access to a mood
modifier that may create as much carnage on the highways as would
unregulated use of alcohol.
"Guilty until proven innocent" must be the norm applied to full acceptance
of a new intoxicant into our society.
- -- Jack Davies, Tillsonburg.
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