We let the car stand, when we’ve got a christmas beer or a glass of bubbles too much.
But it’s all about marijuana, cocaine or other drugs, see it immediately different. According to new figures from the national Police.
While the number of charges for drink driving offences in the last ten years has plummeted, each year taken more and more to run with the drug in the blood.
Preliminary figures show that this year, the aim is 7696 persons for narkokørsel, while there were only snatched 5814 for driving intoxicated.
the Facts: Nulgrænse for substances in traffic
– the Opposite of alcohol where the blood alcohol limit is 0.5, we have in Denmark a nulgrænse for illicit drugs in traffic.
– If the police stop you and find the signs that you have taken illegal drugs, you will get a blood test. It is the result of the blood sample, that counts as proof.
– For each substance, there is provided a so-called de minimis threshold. If your blood contains a quantity of illegal drug above de minimis, you will be charged for violating the nulgrænsen.
– you are Running with illegal substances in the blood, is the penalty the same as if you drove drunk driving with a bac of 1,21.
– You get deprived of your driving licence for 3 years and get a fine.
– the Penalties for cannabis-driving has been changed, so the penalty for running with low concentrations of THC in the blood is milder. Nulgrænsen apply, however, to still.
(Source: the Council for Safe Traffic)
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According to police commissioner Jan Stagsted from The Police due to several things.
– We’ve got some tools that will make it easier. In the past we would have people in for a blood test, but today we can narkometeret see with the same, if they have taken something, he explains.
– Immediately, I would also argue that there are several running narkokørsel than the former, because the drugs are more available today.
the Facts: as long As the substances stay in the body
It is very different, how long a substance stays in the body. Here you can see how long a number of substances can be detected in the urine:
Cocaine 3-6 hours
– Cannabis: 5-40 days
– Morphine, codeine and heroin: 5 hours
– Diazepam, valium and stesolid: 14 days
Ecstasy: 3 days
– Amphetamine and methamphetamine: 7-9 hours
(Source: health.dk and Rusmiddelcenter Slagelse)
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He warns against to sit behind the wheel the day after, if you have partied through the night.
– It is the same whether it is alcohol or drugs. It may well be that you feel fresh the day after, but there is still something in the body, says politikommissæren.
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