The state Supreme Court case could have national ramifications on whether police are using valid science to measure drug impairment
The New Jersey Supreme Court case that could decide how cannabis impairment is — or isn’t — measured by police is nearing a conclusion with multiple ramifications.
THC can impair skills required for driving safely by slowing one’s reaction time, decision-making and coordination. “New Jersey has long taken a proactive approach to impaired driving, which historically accounts for about a quarter of all of our traffic fatalities,” said Lisa Coryell of the AGO. “We have embraced the DRE program as an effective tool in addressing drug-related impaired driving.”
Using the cannabis law to fund more drug enforcement protocols, however, is antithetical to the legislation’s stated intent of healing the harm from the War on Drugs, Shalom said. It’s important to note that sleep deprivation and overall health can also cause impairment, Millburn said.Millburn voiced skepticism on cannabis breathalyzers due to the fact that they indicated recent cannabis use, but made no claims to whether or not someone was impaired.
“Whether the DRUID app can correctly identify drivers who are impaired remains to be established by a larger study that actually looks for impairment, not for agreement with some of the psychomotor tests that DREs use,” he said.
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