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NSW Drivers Using Medicinal Cannabis Would Be Shielded From DUI Charges Under MP’s Proposed Reforms
New South Wales drivers who use medicinal cannabis and return a positive result at a roadside drug test would be spared prosecution under new laws being put forward by the upper house MP Jeremy Buckingham.
It is illegal in NSW to drive with any amount of THC, a pyschoactive component of cannabis, in your body even if you have a prescription. THC can show up in roadside drug tests days after the initial period of impairment has worn off.
But Buckingham, the leader of the Legalise Cannabis party, will on Wednesday introduce legislation to NSW parliament to grant exemptions for drivers with a legitimate prescription.
– Read the entire article at The Guardian.
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