“The tougher we are on drugs use… the safer our roads will become.”
That’s the verdict of D.tec International, as it weighs into the debate over whether cannabis should be reclassified from a Class B to a Class A drug.
At a meeting which took place during the recent Conservative Party Conference, a group of police and crime commissioners argued that new health data on cannabis makes the case for re-evaluating penalties.
The upward reclassification would put cannabis in the same category as heroin, cocaine and ecstasy and would result in tougher penalties for possession; and potential life sentences for suppliers and producers.
Ean Lewin, managing director of D.tec International, believes the move would make roads safer.
He points to statistics which show one in eight fatalities on the road are caused by drug drivers.
Ean Lewin said: “The Government must do more to tackle the UK’s growing drugs problem and it’s good to see police and crime commissioners being proactive on this subject.
“Beyond the health and societal impacts of drug use; from a purely road safety perspective, the tougher we are on drugs use, possession, supply and production, the safer our roads will become.
“One in eight fatalities on our roads are caused by drug drivers and statistics expected midway through next year, are likely to prove beyond doubt, that drug driving is now more prevalent in society than drink driving.”
D.Tec International supplies drug driver testing equipment to every police force in England, Wales and Scotland.
who did you study ? because i see a lot of bad drivers who have never touched a drop of any drug ever. when you launch stupid unverified studies and you give a drug to someone whos never tried it before it will just skew the results to your favour, so test the habitual users. and using a simulator is nothing like driving so cant be compared to real life on road driving ever (yes iv played a fair few driving games and they are no where near good enough). testing just diverts resources away from where really needed catching idiots who choose theyre own highway code rules to follow. and making refusing to provide a crime is abhorrent and illegal.
simon latham, livingston
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