Health committee  Certainly, as you mentioned, sales of joints in schools, in my experience as a police officer on the streets of British Columbia, it was exactly that at the school level. As far as what's happening in the drug program, Dustin probably would be the best person to respond to your

Health committee  Well, I do like the idea of more public education to keep our roads safer. Our commissioner says that everyone has the right to get home safely, and I certainly agree with that. With respect to legalization, I really can't comment on that.

Health committee  I don't know. I don't have any, specifically. I've done some research, but I have the same access to what you have. We're trying to review as much as we can. Generally, our initiative is more focused on drug-impaired driving as a whole, as opposed to specifically for an individu

Health committee  Yes, and that's unfortunate, but it is true. For the officer on the road, public safety is really what we're concerned about. It really doesn't matter to the law enforcement officer if it's illegal drugs or prescription drugs; if the person is impaired, there will be an investi

Health committee  I don't have a specific comment on that.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Specifically, and I'm going to refer to my notes here, central nervous system depressants and cannabis were the most common. Marijuana was the most common with the age group 16 to 24.

Health committee  It's certainly part of it. Drug-impaired driving is a complicated investigation and it certainly involves more steps and different tools than the alcohol-impaired driving investigations. When I mentioned the 2% that they said were impaired, I'm speaking generally of drug-impaired

Health committee  That's correct. One of the programs we offer is the drug recognition expert program. Mr. Smith is an instructor with that program. If it's okay with you, sir, I'll just ask him to give a brief....

Health committee  Unfortunately, I can't answer that. Obviously there is a cost, but I don't have those numbers with me today. Sorry.

Health committee  There are initiatives that are specific to aboriginal youth, such as the aboriginal shield program. Dustin, I'm sure, would be happy to tell you more about that program. I would say that in aboriginal communities, as in all of our other communities, resources are placed where t

Health committee  Is there anything specific you'd like to mention?

Health committee  I'll defer to my colleague in federal policing here to answer that question.

Health committee  Thank you for the opportunity to talk about the work the RCMP is doing to combat drug-impaired driving and the impact that cannabis has on law enforcement. I am Inspector Jamie Taplin, and I work in the operational policy unit of the contract policing business line. Two areas t