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September 27th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Jan Ramaekers
Justice committee It's one o'clock in the morning.
September 27th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Jan Ramaekers
Justice committee Perhaps one issue that I would like to bring forward is that if you look at DUI statistics, the number of drivers who test positive for cannabis alone is really not very impressive. In Europe, it's really somewhere down to 3% or 4% at maximum. In the U.S. it's maybe twice as high
September 27th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Jan Ramaekers
Justice committee To say something about my background, I'm trained as a psychologist, and I work in the field of psychopharmacology at my university. In terms of oral fluids, I don't think that there is a single relationship between THC concentration and oral fluid relative to blood. It depends
September 27th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Jan Ramaekers
Justice committee The curve would also go down very rapidly, and within 60 minutes. Within one hour, the levels of THC could be below 10 nanograms, or even five nanograms. This is all perfectly monitorable in a laboratory setting. It means that we have been able to link certain levels of impairm
September 27th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Jan Ramaekers
Justice committee This is one important point that I would like to make.
September 27th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Jan Ramaekers
Justice committee Thank you very much for handing the floor over to me, but are there specific questions you would like me to address?
September 27th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Jan Ramaekers
Justice committee Okay, I can give you some thoughts that I had while reading parts of the bill earlier this week. Is that okay?
September 27th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Jan Ramaekers
Justice committee Okay. I would like to perhaps focus on two parts of the bill. One aspect is the fact that DUIC, driving under the influence of cannabis, will become punishable. Canada is intending to install some per se limits to distinguish the level of penalties. I've seen the limits of two
September 27th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Jan Ramaekers