Impaired is Impaired: Raise Your Voice Against Driving After Drug and/or Alcohol Use.

Canadians make an estimated 15.6 million trips per year after using weed — and the risk posed by drug-impaired driving is on the rise. Yet only 2% of drug-impaired drivers are caught and charged. Why?

One reason is that many teens (and adults) think that driving after using weed or other drugs makes them more relaxed and focused. Nearly 32% of teens and 25% of their parents did not consider driving under the influence of pot to be as bad as alcohol according to a national study by the Partnership for a Drug-Free Canada.

That could be a deadly mistake: research has proven that smoking weed three hours before driving nearly doubles a driver's risk of having a motor vehicle crash.

Although detecting drugs is more challenging than detecting alcohol, new options are available. Roadside saliva testing has been introduced in Australia and several European countries, which has increased the detection and conviction rates of drug-impaired drivers.

With your support, we'll encourage the government to introduce roadside saliva testing in Canada for the most commonly-used illicit drugs. And we'll continue our educational programs to make sure teens (and parents) get the message that driving after drug use is a fatal mistake.

Save lives! Sign the MADD Canada petition to stop alcohol and drug-impaired drivers now.