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This photograph shows what a real R.I.D.E check in Ontario looks like. The OPP uses these roadblocks to try and lower the number of drunk drivers on the road. At peak party times of the year, these programs can and will be seen more often. Beginning of December 18th, officers will be performing mandatory breathalyzer tests at these R.I.D.E check points.

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This does much of the same as the other mentioned and displayed infographic, but focuses more on drunk-driving. In this present day a lot of the shift in impaired driving is to focus on what is happening when drivers consume drugs before getting behind the wheel, but a lot of the problem still exists by drivers drinking before driving.

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This infographic lays out important facts and statistics about driving drug-impaired in Canada. It is related to impaired driving and relevant to consumers of this padlet because sometimes people are not always aware of true numbers behind a problem, and may assume it is not big deal. The Government of Canada clearly created this infographic to highlight the most severe and shock-inducing statistics to make it known the severity of the issue.

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This article by CBC is an interview between Colorado's highway safety manager and CBC. It outlines the similarities and differences between the challenges faced, and the upcoming challenges that Canada will face now that marijuana is legal, in terms of drivers consuming before hitting the road. The highway safety manager says in the interview that the most important piece of advice he can give Canadian officials is to be educated, informed, and to create a culture of responsibility.

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Canada has new driving laws for cannabis and alcohol, which went into effect June 21.

Colorado law enforcement had a four-year head start on developing a strategy for dealing with motorists who drive under the influence of cannabis. The state's highway safety manager Glenn Davis spoke to the Calgary Eyeopener Friday about how Canada can learn from the experience.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
Q: How does Colorado deal with high drivers?
A: We deal with them like anybody that consumes anything intoxicating, or impairing, whether it be alcohol or any other type of drugs. They go through the court system and there's a treatment for them. The challenges that we had when we went to heavy legalization was detection.

People have been probably driving high since there was marijuana and cars - but when it legalized in Colorado, we felt there would be a new population that would probably partake and maybe try to drive.

What we wanted to do was make the public aware that it is illegal to drive, that cannabis is an impairing substance, and we did that by posting ads, probably similar to what you guys are doing now.
Q: Is there a legal limit that defines impaired driving under cannabis?
A: In Colorado, the definition of influence - we don't have a definition of impairment, we have a definition of influence, which is a higher level - that's five nanograms and the substance we identify is the psychoactive substance Delta-9 THC.
Q: What does that mean? How much can you smoke?
A: That's what's difficult because cannabis and alcohol are really different things. It's going to depend on what people smoke.

With law enforcement, they're fully aware of what the definition of influence is - five nanograms - but nobody is ever arrested on a nanogram level. Because law enforcement doesn't know. The person doesn't know. That nanogram level doesn't come into effect until after the person is arrested and tested.

And some people do not test in Colorado - so what we work on with our law enforcement in Colorado is to be able to detect on the indices of impairment: when somebody is using cannabis to point of influence, what do they do? That is seen through the driving - what the person is stopped for, the personal contact and the roadsides.

Nobody is stopped for driving high. People are stopped for traffic violations. And we don't know if they're high or impaired by alcohol until we start talking to the person in a personal contact.

Q: Does Colorado have people specifically trained to detect cannabis?
A: We do. Colorado law enforcement is highly trained to detect people under the influence of alcohol. And the roadside stops that law enforcement use are basically the same for any type of drug. However, we have about 250 law enforcement officers around the state who are trained drug recognition experts.

This is high level training, where, once a person is arrested, they measure pulse, blood pressure, check the size of their eyes, their muscles - do another set of roadsides and things like that.

But 250 is not that many in a state our size, so we also have a lower level of training that's called ARIDE: Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement.

Officers can give those tests at the roadside if the subject is compliant, and it may see some of the signs there.

Q: What's the most important thing Canadians can learn from Colorado's experience?
A: It's important to get your law enforcement trained and not only law enforcement, but leadership, to let the officers on the street know that this is a new challenge, we're going to have to take it on, they're going to have to be supported by their command.

That training costs money. In Colorado, we're able to use marijuana cash tax funds that come from the cannabis consumer to pay for that training.

We also make the public aware through our advertising. I think we had ads ready in 90 days. I think Canada already has them ready. Good for you.

It's important to make the public aware that law enforcement is highly trained, and this is not the right thing to do.

And it's also partnerships.

We partner very closely with our cannabis consumers and our cannabis distributors, because we don't want the same culture there used to be with alcohol in the U.S., in the 1980s, where it used to kind of be OK to get drunk as long as you didn't get caught.

We want to change that, to a culture of responsibility.
With files from the Calgary Eyeopener

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Canada can learn from Colorado's experience with driving while high, expert says | CBC News

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Canada has new driving laws for cannabis and alcohol, which went into effect June 21. Colorado law enforcement had a four-year head start on developing a strategy for dealing with motorists who drive under the influence of cannabis. The state's highway safety manager Glenn Davis spoke to the Calgary Eyeopener Friday about how Canada can learn from the experience.

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This is one of the most well-known advocacy groups against drunk-driving. Also known as MADD, their website offers volunteer programs to join the "fight" against drunk driving, as well as many tips and information on how to avoid getting behind the wheel while impaired.

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MADD Canada's mission is to stop impaired driving and to support victims of this violent crime. If you need support, call us: 1-800-665-6233 Victim/Survivor Stories More Victim/Survivor stories What's new More

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The MTO breaks down the exact punishments and charges one can face for deciding to drive impaired. It includes the severity of repeat offenders as well as for people committing the crime for the first time. The website is also up-to-date to include driving impaired by marijuana use.

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Ontario's impaired driving laws and the penalties for driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs.

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This video highlights the severe consequences and impacts that drunk-driving can have on people. In an emotional statement, the mother of three children killed in a drunk-driving accident speaks out to the driver.

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'You killed all my babies': Mother to drunk driver

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The National: How High is Too High to Drive

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In this longer, but super informative video, CBC's The National introduces the problems Canada was going to face, and are now facing, with the legalization of marijuana. The video tries to answer "How High is Too High to Drive?" and comes up with a scientific answer of five nano-grams per millilitre of blood. They then dive into how this is a problematic measurement because of different tolerance levels from consumer to consumer. They conclude that despite the legal measurement of impairment for marijuana that it is really a lot more gray than that.

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The video below highlights how Canada handles drunk-driving legislation, and how it is different from other countries. It explains that drunk-driving in Canada is a federal charge under the Criminal Code. It also talks about a huge misunderstanding that people think it is under the Highway Traffic Act. The difference between the two are if you are caught drunk-driving in any province the charges are the same, but if you're caught speeding for example in one province versus another, the charges could be different.

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What Happens if You are Caught Drinking & Driving in Canada

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This video produced by CTV and the OPP gives a behind the scenes view of what happens during R.I.D.E checkpoints. It also shows the viewer what happens after someone is arrested on scene for driving impaired. An officer during the video says he thought that impaired driving was getting better and that less people were doing it, but he was surprised by the numbers not exactly going away.

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Motorcycle Stunters VS. Cops Compilation

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Indiana State Police Information Channel

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CTV joins Toronto police as they stop impaired drivers

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Toronto police invited CTV's cameras as officers performed regular stop checks for impaired or dangerous drivers. Tamara Cherry reports.