Barriers to Accessing Medical Cannabis Currently, there are Bills before three Australian state parliaments to provide medical exemptions from cannabis-presence driving offences for users of MC. Unfortunately, those Bills have been opposed by government representatives in all three states. In New South Wales, the government arguments against the Bill are [...]
This evaluation study in the US apparently shows that the introduction of laws that allow for the medical use of marijuana actually improves road safety. Link to Full Paper
There is a need for quick and reliable methods for rapid screening of drug-influenced drivers on the roadside by police. Because the window of detection in oral fluid is more similar to blood than to urine, this matrix should therefore be appropriate for screening procedures. The performance of the Rapid [...]
Roadside Saliva Testing: Defence of “honest and reasonable mistake of fact” It is an offence to drive with THC present in your saliva. Police can stop a driver for no particular reason and require them to provide a saliva sample. If there is any amount of THC found in the [...]
February 2016 - Source The Northern Star Defence lawyer Steve Bolt used Tuesday's forum [in Lismore NSW] to spell out a line of defence to cannabis users. He offered the audience the advice they should visit the NSW Government's Centre For Road Safety's web page, Drugs and Driving, and read [...]
Test Date: 10th February , 2007 The HEMP Embassy purchased a number of Drugwipe Twin saliva tests, as used by the NSW Iemmabago. They cost around $40 each. We tested them over a range of conditions, and got contradictory results. There was not a consistent time after smoking for either [...]
