Posted on March 11, 2024
Marra strongly opposed the DOT-backed plan, deeming it “misguided.” She contended that if BAC levels are under scrutiny, a study should also examine the impact of driving under the influence of recreational marijuana, which was legalized in Connecticut in July 2021.
“You’ve got cars that are filled with people on cannabis driving by, and the police can’t even pull them over. It just doesn’t make sense,” she said. “I realize that we do, obviously, have a high fatality level on our roads, but what is the problem and does this fix it? I think taking the blood alcohol level down is not something that is going to fix the problems that we have on our roads.”
Marra said she supports changing the rules to allow police to stop drivers suspected of using marijuana.
“I want to allow the police to do the job that they should be doing. And, if there are intoxicated drivers out there, then police need to be able to [pull them over]. And when we talk about intoxicated drivers, cannabis is intoxicating. I know we are focused on alcohol right now, but we are creating the wild wild west of cannabis.”