Charges were stayed in the trial of a Saskatoon woman charged with driving over the legal limit for cannabis in a collision that killed a nine-year-old girl.
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Kennedy’s trial was bogged down in constitutional challenges and arguments over whether a blood test that Kennedy consented to provide was admissible as evidence. Kennedy admitted to police that she had vaped cannabis and micro-dosed psilocybin the night before the collision.
The blood sample taken from Kennedy was determined to be higher than the legal limit set for impairment. But questions have started to surface about the accuracy of THC tests in determining whether someone is actually impaired.
If a person was drinking the night before a blood test, that would not necessarily mean one was impaired or that one would test positive for impairment.
Saskatchewan’s zero tolerance policy when it comes to THC detection has added to the cannabis confusion here.
Various news reports from earlier this year have suggested Saskatchewan drivers are testing positive for cannabis use long after they last used it and are not actually impaired. Some evidence suggests cannabis can remain in the body well past the time when its effects have diminished.
Read the full article at The Saskatoon StarPhoenix
