Legalise Cannabis Party MP Jeremy Buckingham today called for medicinal cannabis users, who return a positive roadside drug test, to be exempt from prosecution.

Roadside drug testing in NSW look for the presence of ecstasy, cocaine, methamphetamine or the psychoactive component of cannabis, THC.

Unlike breath testing for alcohol, the law ignores the drug’s impact on driving and in the case of cannabis, whether it has been prescribed as a medicine.

Those caught face three months off the road and a $603 fine while repeat offenders are liable for automatic licence disqualifications.

No other prescription drug is unfairly penalised in this way by law enforcement, Legalise Cannabis MP Jeremy Buckingham said.

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