by SRTC Staff | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized |
Washington’s toxicology lab is dealing with a big backlog of cases, thanks partly to a surge in requests for blood tests in suspected driving-under-the-influence cases. The Spokesman-Review reports that the lab handled almost 16,000 cases in 2017, a 9 percent increase...
by SRTC Staff | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized |
The Washington State Legislature is looking at imposing tougher penalties for people who repeatedly drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as well as changing how police determine if a driver was driving under the influence of marijuana. According to the...
by SRTC Staff | Dec 28, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized |
A new study says that states with medical marijuana laws have fewer traffic fatalities than those without, according to the Commerce Journal. The study didn’t reference states where recreational marijuana is legal, like in Washington. Going into the study,...
by SRTC Staff | Oct 6, 2016 | Uncategorized |
A friend was showing me recently how he can operate the jukebox at his favorite Spokane Valley watering hole with his smartphone. He was pretty excited to find that his drinking didn’t have to be interrupted by picking out music. Well, I was excited to find out...
by SRTC Staff | Sep 26, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Legalizing marijuana has brought some new challenges- including how to enforce driving under the influence laws. Police may soon have a new tool to let them know when someone truly is too high to drive. According to the Inlander, researchers in the Chemistry...
