Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis: Combining Toxicology Testing with Field Sobriety Tests

Course overview

This session will educate clinical staff on current findings surrounding THC per se laws, which are considered evidence of impairment in legal settings. Dr. Robert Fitzgerald is an acknowledged expert on this topic and has written several peer-reviewed publications on the subject. His talk will discuss the effects of THC on driving and the correlation with concentrations in blood and oral fluid. The talk will also touch on how the pharmacokinetics of some substances make it difficult to distinguish a chronic user from a novice user and can conflate interpretation of results.