A lawyer for a Nova Scotia motorist whose licence was suspended after her saliva tested positive for cannabis says he's planning to launch a constitutional challenge.
Jack Lloyd says Michelle Gray's case shows the law dealing with impaired driving is too broad and too vague.
Gray says she told police conducting a roadside check in January she had one alcoholic drink over a two-hour period before she got into her car to drive home from downtown Halifax.Though Gray passed a roadside alcohol test, a saliva test showed trace amounts of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
Though she passed the tests, which proved she was not impaired, her licence was suspended for a week and her car was impounded -- leaving her with a $400 bill.
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