By now, we should all know that driving a motor vehicle with cannabis in your body could result in harsh legal penalties. But what about driving with cannabis i... Read More...
Criminal defence lawyer Sarah Leamon swung by Expert Joints LIVE! on Oct. 18, the day after legalization, to chat with Craig Ex and answer your 5 burning questi... Read More...
Now that cannabis is legal, where does it leave Canadians with criminal records for past pot convictions?
Early on the morning of legalization, October 17, 201... Read More...
With October 17, 2018, just around the corner, many Canadians in BC and beyond are counting down the days to legalization. It won’t be long before we will be ... Read More...
The federal government has unveiled its newest drug testing device to detect drug-impaired drivers – the Draeger DrugTest 5000 – but could your smartphone d... Read More...
It looks like a new roadside testing device is about to hit our roadways come October, but this one won’t be screening for alcohol.
The Draeger DrugTest 5000... Read More...
On July 4, 2018, the federal government announced its plan to earmark nearly $1 million towards research on cannabis-impaired driving.
The Centre f... Read More...
Crossing the border may become much more difficult for a certain group of Canadians come October 17, 2018.
While cannabis-users have been gearing up for ... Read More...
Now that cannabis has been cleared by our federal government for legal sale in October, many provinces are turning their minds to the tough questions that will ... Read More...
As the government's self-imposed deadline for cannabis legalization approaches, politicians and legislators have been working around the clock to tie up an... Read More...
Sarah Leamon is a criminal defence lawyer and founder of Sarah Leamon Law Group. Sarah specializes in impaired driving offences and cannabis law. In 2017, Sarah was invited to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to discuss the legal implications of Bill C-46. Sarah has been sought out for her legal insights by both the House of Commons and the Senate on multiple occasions since then.
Sarah regularly writes for The Georgia Straight, The Huffington Post, The Her(b) Life and The Cannabis Life Network. She is also involved in numerous non-profit organizations, including, The Coven Club and The Women’s Association of Criminal Lawyers – British Columbia. Sarah was nominated in Canadian Lawyer Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Lawyers list in 2018 and 2019 and won Business in Vancouver’s 2018 Forty Under 40 award. She won the 2019 Integrity Award from the Universal Womens Network.
