Drug Free Australia is calling out the irresponsibility of the NSW and Queensland governments which are both seriously considering the relaxation of laws regarding driving under the influence of cannabis. While the rationale for such changes is ‘compassion’ for medicinal cannabis users, statistical evidence shows that any changes to the driving laws will come at a considerable cost to the community.
In evidence presented to the recent NSW Upper House Inquiry into the proposed relaxation of laws, Drug Free Australia gave evidence that driving under the influence of both cannabis and alcohol presents well-documented and highly elevated risks to other drivers as well as the community due to the synergistic effects between the two drugs. This is scientifically beyond dispute.
More importantly though is the fact that 62% of Australian prescriptions for medicinal cannabis are for chronic pain, which can be verified by
