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Recent News
May 27, 2008Marijuana Dispensaries Linked to Fatal Car Crash
Read the full story from the DEAOfficer Pedeferri was speaking to driver Andreas Parra at the driver’s side window of Parra’s car when a pick-up truck drifted onto the shoulder and struck Parra’s vehicle. Parra was killed, and Pedeferri was gravely injured. He remains paralyzed.
The pick-up truck was driven by Jeremy White, who is currently being prosecuted by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. The investigation revealed a large amount of marijuana and marijuana edibles in White’s vehicle
According to search warrants filed in federal court, in his post-arrest statement, White acknowledged being under the influence of marijuana when the accident took place, saying he had purchased the marijuana from a “medical marijuana” dispensary in Compton.
April 2, 2008Tasmanian Police Given Power to Test for Presence of Drugs on Steering Wheel
Read this news from MercuryPolice Minister Jim Cox yesterday introduced to State Parliament a Bill which will dramatically increase the number of people subjected to random roadside drug tests.
Tasmania will become the first state to give police officers powers to intercept and use reasonable force to enter any vehicle for the purpose of conducting a trace particle test on the vehicle's steering wheel.
March 28, 2008First Drug Recognition Expert Trained in Ontario
Read the news in the Barrie ExaminerA Midland police officer is the first officer in central Ontario to be qualified as a drug recognition expert. Const. Bill Millar will be able to evaluate if a driver has a suspected drug impairment.
Millar recently completed the drug evaluation and classification program. A drug recognition expert can "investigate impaired drivers by . . . determining, out of seven drug categories, which drug that they're impaired by, and that gets confirmed by toxicology results," Millar said.
March 27, 2008First Man Charged Under New Driving Under the Combined Influence of Drugs and Alcohol Law
Read all about this new precedent in the Staten Island AdvanceIn an apparent precedent on Staten Island, a Great Kills man has cut a plea deal under a new law that allows authorities to charge an impaired driver who has consumed alcohol and drugs, but whose blood alcohol level is not over the minimum threshold.
December 5, 2007Institute for Behavior and Health Launches Website to raise awareness of Drugged Driving Epidemic
See what the Kansas City InfoZine has to say about the Launch EventThe Institute for Behavior and Health launched druggeddriving.org this month to help stop the problem. The Web site includes research, treatments and prevention.
"The bottom line is the lack of public awareness," said Robert DuPont, the institute's president. The institute is a nonprofit policy group that works to reduce substance abuse.
June 17, 2007The Drugged Driving Epidemic
Why the Mayhem at a Southeast Festival Wasn't the Fluke You Might Think It Was
By Dr. Robert DuPont and Michael WalshRead the full article from The Washington Post
More than three dozen men, women and children were hurt at a Southeast Washington festival this month by a driver police say was high on crack. Two days later, another allegedly drug-addicted driver crashed into a crowd of students at a bus stop in La Plata, injuring four.
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