Consumption of Cannabis Used as Evidence of the Accused’s Irresponsibility
In R.
v. Lacasse, 2015 SCC
64, [2015] 3 S.C.R. 1089 the
accused was charged with impaired operation of motor vehicle causing
death. It was undisputed on appeal that at
the time of the motor vehicle accident, the accused was impaired by alcohol.
The majority of the
Supreme Court of Canada noted in obiter that although the consumption of cannabis by the accused may not
have played a role in fatal motor vehicle accident, it could be considered an
aggravating factor on sentence, as it was evidence of the accused’s
irresponsibility. Presumably because of
the risk the accused undertook when he consumed cannabis and then drove.
R. v.
Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64, [2015] 3 S.C.R. 1089
at para 84
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