Drug-Impaired Driving: Consultation Document

Background Information and Legislative Proposals to Enhance Criminal Code Drug-Impaired Driving Investigations

This document was prepared from work undertaken by the Impaired Driving Working Group of the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Coordinating Committee of Senior Officials

October 2003

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Legislation

Investigations

Theory of Drug Evaluation by Trained Officers

Options for Enhancing Drug Impaired Driving Investigations

• Section 253(B) Legal Limits for Drugs, Other Than Alcohol
• Legislated Demands Related to a DRE Program - Phase I
• Legislated Demands Related to a DRE Program - Phase II
• Legislated Demands Related to a DRE Program - Phase III
• Refusal Offences

Charter Sensitivity

Comments on this consultation paper should be sent by December 1, 2003 to: Mr. H. Pruden, Legal Counsel Criminal Law Policy Section Department of Justice Canada 284 Wellington Street, Room 5029 Ottawa ON K1A 0H8 Email: hal.pruden@justice.gc.ca

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