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SimonAclare•

The DVLA has written to me to say I can drive while using my script (up to 4 grams daily) the law regarding proscribed drugs is not regarding levels in blood it’s regarding ability to drive safely.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukmedicalcannabis/comments/m8d9i8/so_its_confirmed_you_can_drive_on_you_cannabis/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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TMODAlphaOP•

I saw your post :) good to have that in writing for sure.
As covered in the other comments I know that the limits don’t apply to driving while prescribed.

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PrimeMeathead•

Done

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Crashed7•

Is this not a completely separate and unrelated issue to medical cannabis?

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TMODAlphaOP•

Yes and no.

Yes, because this is a basic drug driving limit (although too low, and too easy to fail IMO).

No, because there isn't a specific drug driving limit for cannabis as a prescribed controlled drug, like there are for other drugs: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/drug-driving

Edit: and driving comes up a lot in questions here, so I think this is an issue that people would be interested in.

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Crashed7•

The law on legal drug limits don't apply to prescribed drugs, for that there is only an "impated test", you can drive with any prescribed drug, up to the prescribed amount, provided you are not impared.

It's a drug driving limit, one that has nothing to do with medical cannabis.

Driving comes up alot, then we see this post appear, which could easily cause confusion to members that there is a legal limit that has something to do with them.

The work done to separate recreational and medical cannabis as two separate issues is the reason we have prescriptions today. Undoing that work, done mainly by single mums, just seems counterproductive to me.

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TMODAlphaOP•

On those kind of posts if I reply I always try to get across that the only 2 things you need to do are 1) use your prescription as instructed, and 2) don't be impaired.

I personally use quite a small amount of THC compared to a lot of people. A slightly higher limit (or at least the original limit that was suggested) would be a good safety net for me to potentially avoid failing a roadside test.

I know that the limit doesn't apply, and the test wouldn't be used, but from what I've been told only certain officers are trained to do an impairment test. I wonder if others would fall back to roadside swab even if they were aware of a prescription because it felt like the natural thing to do. In which case this does have something to do with prescribed users. A higher limit would potentially for some people stop any issue there and then rather than have to defend themselves later at their cost if it went that far. Hypothetically.

I think the lines between recreational and medical will always blur a little for some people more than others. And most people on both sides of the fence want broadly the same thing for a different reasons. Access to a plant. I don't think another petition, or sharing it here is going to undo or undermine the work that has been done.

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