Feds fund state efforts to reduce drug-impaired driving
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded more than $100,000 in grant funding to states through the Governors Highway Safety Association to help combat drug-impaired driving on America’s roads.
The funding will support Drug Recognition Expert and Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement training in Delaware, Guam, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and West Virginia, which will increase the number of officers in these jurisdictions trained to recognize drivers who are impaired by drugs, including opioids and marijuana. The courses will train law enforcement officers to observe, identify, and articulate the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol, or a combination of both in order to reduce the number of impaired drivers and traffic crashes. The International Association of Chiefs of Police manages the training program through a cooperative agreement with NHTSA.