New laws will allow Victorian experts to run trials in which people using medicinal cannabis are tested while driving.
New laws that will allow researchers to assess the impact medicinal cannabis has on motorists will be introduced to parliament on Tuesday, giving drivers with a prescription greater clarity about their fitness to drive.
To conduct more tests, the government must first amend transport legislation in Parliament to allow those affected by medicinal cannabisThe government has started work on a trial that is expected to pave the way for Victorians with a prescription to get behind the wheel when safe. It follows laws in Tasmania that allow drivers to present a medical defence for driving with the presence of THC in their body fluids.
The minor party, which holds the balance of power in the upper house alongside the Greens – has introduced its own bill to the Legislative Council to allow prescribed users of medicinal cannabis to drive. Roads and Road Safety Minister Melissa Horne said the new laws would enhance Victoria’s understanding of “how medicinal cannabis affects driving behaviour and informing future reform”.As part of the research, the government will also be guided by the road safety outcomes in other countries to give Victorian bureaucrats access to the latest information and data on medicinal cannabis and driving.
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