“Drivers who take medicinal cannabis for cancer or mental health or pain relief, are not willing to put themselves in a position where they are potentially going to be prosecuted for driving while taking a medication that is prescribed,” she said.
"These people are often very conscious of not driving when they feel impaired by their substance but the legislation as it stands, it doesn’t matter if you are impaired or not, it’s only if the substance is in your system.
I’m curious to hear views from others on this. This article claims both that medical users are careful not to drive under the influence, then later claims they may drive under the influence of something else so as to avoid being caught.
Personally 50k a year seems like such a low number it’s barely a pilot (there were 3 million breath tests in 2023).