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Parents should be talking to their teens about cannabis use and helping them to avoid cannabis use," said Meghani. "Our recommendation is try to avoid us- ing cannabis at a young age. Your brain will thank you in the long run." Halton police Insp. Kevin Maher outlined some of the marijuana-related calls police would no longer be responding to. This in- cludes incidents where nuisance marijuana smoke coming from a private residence is bothering a neighbour. "In collaboration with our municipal part- ners, we have determined we will collective- ly not be responding in person to the scene of straightforward complaints of nuisance can- nabis smoke as a result of lawful consump- tion," said Maher. "Instead we will be providing the com- plainant with an educational message and encouraging them to speak directly with their neighbour or in some cases suggesting they use a third-party mediator to assist." Maher said it is a different story if some- one is smoking cannabis in public. Smoking cannabis somewhere like in a public park is still a matter the police would respond to, he said. Halton police also want to remind the pub- lic of some of the major bullet points of the Cannabis Act. This included the fact that it will only be lawful to: • use cannabis at a private residence • grow four marijuana plants per resi- dence (regardless of how many adults live there) • possess up to 30 grams of dried cannabis Halton police have added a cannabis sec- tion to their website to provide additional in- formation on what will be legal and illegalformation on what will be legal and illegalf with regard to cannabis at https://www.hal- tonpolice.ca/cannabis/index.php. Sgt. Ryan Snow of the Halton police Traf- fic Services Unit talked about the actions po-fic Services Unit talked about the actions po-f lice will take with regard to road safety. "Ultimately the effect of decriminalization on Oct. 17 cannot be predicted; however, the service's approach to road safety in this re- gard, investigating drivers who have con- sumed drugs and or alcohol has been, and will continue to be, anchored in the strength of our highly trained personnel," said Snow. "We are ready. Officers trained in SFST (Standard Field Sobriety Test) and DRE (Drug Recognition Evaluation) who patrol our roadways 24-7 are poised to conduct test- ing, which can detect impairment by both drugs and alcohol." Currently in Halton, police say that for ev- ery 10 impaired driving charges laid for alco- hol impairment, one impaired driving charge is laid for drug impairment. Snow noted that if an officer sees a sus- pected impaired driver, a traffic stop is initi- ated. The Criminal Code empowers the officer to arrest for impaired operation or conduct a SFST to establish additional grounds to sup- port an arrest. Following the arrest, an additional 12-step evaluation will be conducted by an accredit- ed Drug Recognition Expert at the police sta- tion. If the DRE officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a suspect is impaired by drugs, he/she is then authorized to demand a blood, urine or saliva sample from the suspect. A positive DRE test will also result in a 90- day driver's licence suspension. One potential issue that has been identi- fied is that with legalization, police expectfied is that with legalization, police expectf there will be more demand on hospitals to draw blood from suspected drug impaired drivers. An added wrinkle is that the blood has to be drawn within two hours of the individual having been pulled over. In addition the blood test has to be sent to the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto, where it currently takes 40 to 50 days to get results. Snow said Halton police currently have 11 trained DRE officers but expect to have a to- tal of around 21 by the end of the year. Halton police are also in the process of or- dering oral fluid screening devices capable of detecting cannabis in saliva. Young, novice and commercial drivers can receive licence suspensions for having anything other than a zero drug level in their system. Current penalties for drug-impaired driv- ing range from a $1,000 fine on a first offence to 120 days of imprisonment on a third or sub- sequent offence. Drug-impaired driving that results in death could result in life imprisonment. Police are continuing to ask residents to contact 911 if they see a suspected impaired driver, noting this is considered a crime in progress. CANNABIS AND YOU OFFICERS TRAINED TO PERFORM FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS Continued from page 3 STORY BEHIND THE STORY The Halton Regional Police Service is gearing up for the Oct. 17 legalization of recreational marijuana. The service hosted a roundtable, to answer media's burning questions about the upcoming decriminalization. THE ISSUE: CANNABIS LEGALIZATION LOCAL IMPACT: COMMUNITY SAFETY AT THE CORE OF POLICE RESPONSE TO LEGALIZATION