Pubdate: Fri, 10 Oct 2008
Source: National Post (Canada)
Copyright: 2008 Canwest Publishing Inc.
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TORONTO WOMAN FIRST PERSON TO BE CHARGED UNDER NEW DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING LAW

TORONTO (CNS) -A 27-year-old woman has become the first person in the 
country to be arrested under a new federal law that cracks down on 
drivers who get behind the wheel while high on drugs, according to police.

Toronto police made the arrest in the city's downtown core on 
Wednesday after being called about a separate collision. While in the 
area, a second collision occurred when an impaired woman in a passing 
vehicle struck a parked car, a police news release said yesterday.

The legislation allows police officers to force motorists to perform 
roadside tests such as walking a straight line if they are suspected 
of being impaired by drugs. If the drivers fail, they will be sent to 
a police station and ordered to surrender urine, blood or saliva 
samples or be subject to a minimum $1,000 fine.

Littoya Blackman, 27, faces one count of impaired driving by drugs.
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