With recreational cannabis about to be legal, a new poll finds most New Brunswickers are worried about drug-impaired driving.
Two-thirds of people who took part in the Desjardins Group survey say they think there will be an increase in impaired driving once recreational marijuana becomes legal.
Seventy-three per cent are concerned with progress in areas like legislation, testing and awareness, and 83 per cent don’t believe police have the tools to identify marijuana-impaired drivers.
In a recent survey by Statistics Canada, one out of every seven marijuana users with a valid driver’s licence admitted to getting behind the wheel within two hours of consuming cannabis.
A report from the Traffic Injury Research Foundation finds the percentage of fatally injured drivers who tested positive for marijuana rose to 20.9 per cent in 2015 from 15.9 per cent in 2000.