Recreational use of marijuana is legal in Canada, provided you are over 18. However, similar to alcohol, marijuana use can significantly impair your judgement and the ability to react. For these reasons, the Canadian government discourages anyone who has recently used marijuana, or other cannabis-related products, from getting behind the wheel. If you sustain injuries in a negligent motor vehicle accident, you have a right to claim compensation. However, if you use marijuana daily, have used it within 24 hours of the accident, or have a record of violating drug laws, you might have trouble proving that the other party ...
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#AskNastassiaIvanova The relationship between the use of drugs and motor vehicle collisions is something researchers realized long before marijuana use was legalized in Canada. Accident investigations revealed that 40 percent of fatal collisions involved at least one driver who tested positive for drugs. Surveys show that 43 percent of individuals who admit to using marijuana acknowledge doing so on a daily basis. Driving while impaired, whether by the consumption of drugs or alcohol, continues to be illegal in Ontario and all other provinces, but there is disagreement among experts about whether marijuana legalization will significantly affect accident rates and personal ...
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#AskZevBergman The government’s plans to decriminalize the use of marijuana has yet to become law in Canada, but it has already caused people to ask questions about the effect the legislation will have upon safety on the nation’s highways. Drug impaired drivers are already a major cause of fatal accidents. In a survey of young people who admitted to using marijuana, 22 percent of them acknowledged driving while impaired at least once.Driving while impaired by drugs has caused almost twice as many fatalities in road crashes as have alcohol-related collisions. Types of drugs contributing to impaired driving Someone having dinner with friends might think ...
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#AskZevBergman Canada is scheduled to become the first G7 country to legalize recreational use of marijuana under legislation scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2018. One area of concern is the effect it will have on highway safety in a nation where the leading cause of death and injuries is drivers violating the criminal laws against impaired driving. Dangers posed by drivers using drugs Impaired driving due to drugs accounts for approximately 2,500 impaired driving incidents in Canada, which is only about 3 percent of the total number of incidents in one year. However, the statistics from Colorado after its first three years of ...
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