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Congress stumped about stoned driving, testing for impairment

WASHINGTON (Cannabist) — With acceptance of marijuana use growing nationally, a panel of U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday tried to figure out how authorities could better police the nation’s highways, railways and airways for the threat posed by the potential of more “drugged drivers.”

But by the end of the nearly two-hour hearing, answers and agreement were in short supply — other than the shared admission that more research was needed. “We need a lot more science here,” said U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.

In particular, lawmakers and witnesses debated the overall danger posed by stoned drivers, as well as potential methods that law enforcement officials could use to test for impairment.

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