The Law Society of the ACT has called for a relaxation of drug-driving laws in Canberra as the debate over whether to legalise recreational marijuana in the Australian Capital continues.
Currently, a small amount of cannabis in the system of a driver, like that of someone who had smoked days previously but was ‘otherwise unimpaired’, results in the same penalties as that of blowing a 0.15 alcohol reading.
Road Safety Minister Shane Rattenbury said the government would not be softening drug-driving laws with the legalisation of cannabis.