Foreword
Author | Nathan Baker |
Pages | 11-15 |
Foreword
Drug
Recognition
Evaluations
(DRE)
and
Standardized
Field
Sobriety
Test
ing
(SFST)
still
seem
to
be
relatively
new
introductions
to
the
Canadian
criminal
justice
system.
However,
it
has
been
almost
ten
years
since
they
were
statutorily
approved.
In
acknowledging
the
changes
brought
into
being
by
these
amendments,
the
Quebec
Court
of
Appeal
stated
it
best,
in
R
v
Gaulin,
2017
QCCA
705
at
para
28:
[T]he
objectives
of
the
2008
statutory
amendments
were
numerous
and
included
facilitating
detection
and
investigation
of
cases
involving
driv
ing
while
impaired
by
a
drug
and
increasing
minimum
sentences
for
impaired
driving.
Specifically,
the
amendments
authorize
trained
police
officers
to
impose
challenges
and
tests
to
determine
whether
a
driver
’
s
ability
is
weakened
by
a
drug
or
the
combined
effect
of
a
drug
and
alco
hol.
One
of
the
goals
of
the
statutory
addition
was
to
toughen
sentences
for
impaired
driving
and,
in
cases
of
driving
while
impaired
by
alcohol,
to
limit
challenges
of
blood
alcohol
test
results.
These
goals
—
the
identification
and
prosecution
of
individuals
impaired
by
drug
—
were
important
to
Parliament
because
of
the
growing
evidence
of
the
harm
done
by
drug-impaired
driving.
This
concern
continues
to
grow
as
we
enter
a
new
stage
in
Canada
with
the
legalization
of
another
impairing
substance,
marijuana.
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