Drugged driving charges laid in Corner Brook
Source: September 2008 – The Telegram
Officers have undergone intensive training, to do a follow up blood, saliva ( oral fluid ) or urine test, should the driver fail or refuse the initial test.
A 32-year-old man is facing one of the province’s first drugged driving charges.
Officers in Corner Brook arrested the man in the Main Street area of the west coast city overnight.
Drugged driving charges are relatively new in Canada, with officers given the authority to run certain roadside tests, which drivers could legally refuse in the past. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has trained a large number of its officers to carry out the sobriety tests.
Under the old law, police were obliged to tell drivers suspected of being high that roadside tests weren’t mandatory. But as of this summer, refusing the test will be considered a criminal offence.
Drivers convicted of drug-impaired driving now face a minimum $1,000 fine for a first offence and a month in jail for a second conviction.
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fair law // October 20, 2008 at 4:42 am |
High blood pressure medication side effects – Dizziness
- drowsiness
About 73 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure . Many blood
pressure drugs impair drivers . The Drug recognition officer are trained to focus on certain classes of
drugs.
This Drug recognition system is discrimination beyond all believe . This dui training police certification
is
an insult to humanity . The training focus is on the seven drug categories not
the dangerous ace inhibitor heart meds. The police will arrest a adhd class of drug user
more often than a high blood pressure pill user . Try to find statistics on heart medication
dui changes on the web. These statistics are almost none existent and then look
up stimulant drug arrest and you will see they discriminate and do not seem
to mind the highly impaired heart patient.
The Drug recognition web police sites MOSTLY mention stimulant adhd drug CLASS and rarely
SEEM to mention
heart drugs that impair . This is discrimination towards adhd suffering people whom
take stimulants to perform normally in life is a disgrace to humanity