Pubdate: Thu, 23 Oct 2003
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
Section: Page A22
Copyright: 2003, The Globe and Mail Company
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168
Author: Russell Barth
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Ottawa -- It is doubtful there will ever be a reliable roadside test for 
drug impairment. Different drugs stay in the body for different periods of 
time, so even if drugs are found in urine or blood, the impairment may have 
passed, or indeed, impairment may never have even happened.

I have seen drivers impaired by fatigue, cold medications, blood-sugar 
imbalances, holding food or beverages, cell phones, old age and just plain 
old stupidity. Where are the roadside tests for those crimes?

The police are just trying to keep the fear of marijuana alive, when they 
know, and most Canadians know, that prohibition is the real danger to our 
society.
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