Province introduces amendments to Traffic Safety Act to address pending marijuana legalization
EDMONTON – The provincial government is introducing an amendment to the Traffic Safety Act in an attempt to reduce impaired driving once marijuana becomes legal next year.
The amendment was introduced in the legislature today and will include several new measures.
Under the proposed legislation, there will be zero tolerance for cannabis, cannabis and alcohol combination and illegal drugs for drivers in the graduated driver’s licensing program.
The measures also include expanded provincial administrative sanctions for drivers with a blood drug concentration or a blood drug/alcohol concentration over the new criminal limits proposed by the federal government. The sanctions would be the same as those imposed on drivers found to be criminally impaired by alcohol.