Pubdate: Sat, 21 May 2016
Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU)
Copyright: 2016 Postmedia Network Inc.
Contact:  http://www.montrealgazette.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/274
Author: Michael Wiener
Page: A16

DRIVING AND WEED: A DEFINITE BUZZKILL

Re: "How stoned is too stoned?" (NP Montreal, May 18)

An Australian government study of impairment of pilots concluded that 
"residual effects of cannabis can persist for up to 24 hours. These 
effects include persisting difficulty with psychomotor tasks and 
interference with cognitive function."

The Trudeau government seems intent on increasing access to 
marijuana, but a government that is pledged to implement 
evidence-based policy should recognize that allowing for more people 
to drive impaired without police being able to easily measure their 
degree of impairment runs contrary to public safety.

Sorry for the buzzkill, but are you really okay with the driver you 
encounter at the next intersection being not sober enough to pilot a 
plane but intoxicated enough to risk the lives of your family and 
fellow motorists?

Michael Wiener, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom