Impaired Driving In Canada

Drug-Impaired Driving in Canada is a ready reference for prosecutors, defence lawyers, and the judiciary, covering the matters unique to drug-impaired driving cases. Key areas covered include specimen testing for drugs, specialized experts, new legislation, and caselaw. This text provides a breakdown of the issues that pervade these cases.

"Drug and alcohol use while driving is one of the most common serious criminal charges in Canada. Our second edition covers all updates to the case law since the new legislation was passed and adds two new chapters focused on Charter issues. Exploring actual and potential arguments on both sides, these new chapters will focus on the sections of the Charter that are most often used to challenge provisions of the new legislation (10(b) and 24(2))."--