Gray says she told police conducting a roadside check in January she had one alcoholic drink over a two-hour period before she got into her car to drive home from downtown Halifax.Though Gray passed a roadside alcohol test, a saliva test showed trace amounts of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
She was arrested and taken to police headquarters, where she was subjected to a comprehensive sobriety evaluation, which includes balance and memory tests. Though she passed the tests, which proved she was not impaired, her licence was suspended for a week and her car was impounded – leaving her with a $400 bill.
Lloyd, a Toronto-based lawyer with an expertise in cannabis, says he plans to file a legal challenge under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He says lawyers across the country are contemplating similar cases, based on the argument that roadside cannabis tests have no rational connection to actual impairment.
Why? If you're too stoned to drive, you're too stoned to drive!
It should be challenged. Especially the part about random tests.
She looks high as f...
Good. The laws need clarity and rationality behind them that will only develop by being challenged. Someone who takes THC the night before or CBD in the morning (which has trace amounts of THC) will not be impaired from driving yet may test positive.
no story here - she wasn't charged - took four days off to recovery from this - 15 minutes of fame - sorry
You go girlfriend... that test is so terribly unreliable there's no reason to even use it.
If journalism was real youd cover the inaccuracies in nystagmus, walk and turn, and one foot up.. Evidence thats been avail and KNOWN TO HIGH USA courts. But We don't live in that world.