Marijuana - No Longer Down in the Weeds 2017 GHSA Annual Meeting - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Marijuana - No Longer Down in the Weeds 2017 GHSA Annual Meeting Cathy Rossi Vice-President, Public and Government Affairs AAA Public and Government Affairs: to promote and protect the interests of AAA members and the traveling public on safety and other issues of significance to motorists through public advocacy and influence .

Recreational Marijuana  We are on the side of safety in protecting safe drivers from impaired drivers .  …especially marijuana-impaired drivers who can’t be affirmatively tested roadside the way drunk drivers can.

Drugged Driving Summits have afforded Discussion of Shared Interests/Public Information Exchange Law enforcement, Health Care, Judicial, Legislators, AAA has sponsored Traffic Safety Advocates 33 since 2013 25 in the last 2 years A Basis For Action Resources Policy Positioning Coalition building

Recreational Marijuana Examples of State Legislative Activity Connecticut Delaware Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 • Controversial • Controversial • Controversial Bill bill bills • Stayed in • Never • Stayed in committee reached committee House floor for vote 2017 201 8 AAA active voice of opposition in these states

Recreational Marijuana AAA Policy Position – Illegal per Se Statues - Cannabis Currently, there is insufficient scientific evidence to support an impaired driving AAA urges more research about conviction based solely on active THC levels. impairment by cannabis/marijuana Accordingly, AAA opposes the establishment of and the development of policy , per se standards for cannabis . including valid and effective ways to determine impairment levels, In jurisdictions where cannabis use is legal, AAA specifically regarding driving while endorses laws which provide that a positive toxicology result for active THC in whole blood impaired by cannabis/marijuana. may give rise to permissible inference of impairment only when accompanied by other evidence of impaired driving.

Better Alternative to Per Se Laws What gets you pulled over Results of a SFST Opinion of a Drug Recognition Expert Positive blood test for active THC

Legalization of Recreational Marijuana will: Create new Change Increase # of significant perceptions of users who get Put all of us at Contribute to challenges for risks regarding behind the greater risk on law traffic crashes its use (it’s wheel and the road enforcement/ legal, it’s okay) drive courts