By Personal Injury Attorney Clayton T. Hasbrook of Hasbrook & Hasbrook
With so many states legalizing recreational and medicinal marijuana, police officers are now facing a problem.
More people under the influence of drugs are driving on the roads, threatening their own life as well as those of others. It is an issue police departments around the country have been trying to grapple with for years. Now, some of those states just got an answer.
Delaware, Guam, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Oklahoma and West Virginia recently received federal funding to help law enforcement get drug-impaired drivers off of the roads.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) made the announcement awarding the federal grants in December of 2018. In total, $100,000 in grants was awarded.
The funding from the grants will go directly to law enforcement in those states. It will allow police departments to hire more officers, and train them specifically in recognizing drivers under the influence of drugs.
Officers will receive training in identifying opioids and marijuana, among other types of drugs. Once law enforcement is able to identify the signs that someone has used drugs, they can then take them off the road.
“This type of funding is so important,” says Clayton T. Hasbrook of Hasbrook & Hasbrook, “and more states are likely going to need it in the future. Driving under the influence causes too many accidents every day around the country. It can devastate lives and leave people with serious injuries. Our law enforcement needs proper training to help prevent that from happening.”
The six grants recently given to the different states were the second major federal funding grants given around the country. Idaho, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont also received similar grants in 2018.
The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility will manage the latest rounds of grants provided.
The news is good not only for the states that received the funding, but also those that may want to apply for similar grants in the future. In the statement, the GHSA said all 11 jurisdictions that asked for grants in 2018 have now received funding.
With so many state governments wishing to make their roads safer by preventing drug-impaired driving, federal funding may be there to help with the problem.
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