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