It’s not often that we laud the efforts of politicians but the courage of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker deserves notice. He is the sponsor of Bill H.4255 filed Nov 10, 2021, the Trooper Thomas Clardy law.
While conducting a traffic stop, Trooper Clardy was killed by a driver who subsequently tested positive for marijuana’s THC.
The bill implements recommendations of a special commission established in Massachusetts on “Operating under the Influence and Impaired Driving.”
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We were successful getting the state of Colorado to amend its Driver Education Handbook to educate new teen drivers about the dangers of drugged driving. Not just marijuana-impaired driving, but driving under the influence of any number of drugs or their combinations. We expect the revised manual to be published early next year. It will be available on the CDOT website.
September 29th 2021, Boston’s Public Broadcasting station WGBH released its NOVA documentary entitled “The Cannabis Question.” A week later it sponsored a panel discussion on the same topic. WGBH asked panel discussion attendees their opinion of the presentations. So this is what I sent to them:
DUID Victim Voices has been highly critical of the Denver Post’s inaccurate reporting, cheerleading for commercialization of psychotropic drugs like marijuana and ignoring its adverse consequences to Colorado citizens. The 
October 4, 2020 the Arizona Republic’s editorial board endorsed that state’s Proposition 207 to legalize, commercialize and tax recreational marijuana sales. Anyone has the right to disagree with our position that Proposition 207 should be defeated, but when they misrepresent the facts to support their position, we should respond.