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Canada: Quebec cannabis: Police say they're not prepared to test drivers for marijuana
Montreal Gazette Friday 17 Nov 2017 Few Quebec police officers are trained to determine whether drivers are under the influence of marijuana, a federation of cop unions says. “Police services are simply not ready” for cannabis legalization, Robin Côté, president of the 4,500-member Fédération des policiers et policières municipaux du Québec (FPMQ), said Friday. The FPMQ issued a plea for more training a day after the provincial government presented its pot-legalization bill. Under Quebec’s plan, there would be zero-tolerance for driving under the influence of marijuana. Police officers would have the power to demand a saliva test and could immediately suspend a scofflaw’s driver’s license for 90 days. But the 4,500-member Fédération des policiers et policières municipaux du Québec (FPMQ) said at the moment, police forces do not have enough resources to fulfill such a role. If an officer has reason to believe a driver is under the influence of cannabis, he or she would have to take the person to a police station to meet an officer trained to test for drug use, the FPMQ said. It is that second officer who would have the skills required to assess the driver and administer the required test. The federation said five Quebec police forces do not have a single officer who is trained to test for drug use, while another 15 departments have only one qualified officer. Côté wants the provincial government to quickly put a plan in place to train more officers. http://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec-cannabis-police-say-theyre-not-prepared-to-test-drivers-for-marijuana
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