Medical Marijuana DUI

Certification

This course is certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.

Training Mandates

This course meets state guidelines for the following mandated subject areas:

• Law Update  (annual)
• Civil Rights  (every 3 yrs.)
• Constitutional & Proper Use of Authority  (every 3 yrs.)
• Procedural Justice  (every 3 yrs.)

Description

This course will update patrol officers on the latest changes to the Illinois Medical Marijuana Law and the recommended procedures for documenting a medical marijuana impaired driver. The course covers the new A-7 cannabis per se blood testing law, decriminalization of marijuana law, the new felony upgrade for Butane Hash Oil labs, and the new FDA approved marijuana drug “Syndros.”  Instruction will include dramatic changes in the law signed by the governor in August that allow medical marijuana purchase and use without an ID card for current prescription narcotics patients.  Advances in field sobriety testing research and how to recognize medical marijuana “Bootleggers” will also be discussed.

Topics

• Overview of the Medical Marijuana law
• Review of the law on open cannabis container in a motor vehicle
• Issuance of the Medical Marijuana Warning to Motorist
• Establishing reasonable suspicion to arrest for driving while impaired on cannabis
• Review of the requirements for commercial cannabis delivery traffic stops
• Properly administering standardized field sobriety tests
• The new A-7 cannabis per se blood testing law
• Recognizing medical marijuana “Bootleggers”
• Advances in field sobriety testing research
• Recommendations for report writing and courtroom testimony

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