Liberals’ answer to drug impaired driving? Precious little

The combination of a lack of resources; insufficient time to train law enforcement; as well as flawed and unscientific per se limits underlie the need for the Liberals to put the brakes on their rushed and arbitrary timeline to legalize marijuana. If they don’t, our roads are going to become a lot more dangerous come the summer of 2018.
People pictured at the 4/20 event on the Parliament Hill on April 20, 2017.
Impaired driving is the leading criminal cause of death and injury on Canada’s roads. Each year 1,200 to 1,500 Canadians are killed at the hands of a driver impaired by alcohol or drugs. That works out to four to five Canadians a day. On average, a staggering 60,000 more are injured. Thanks to the...

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