SGI's monthly numbers report that police catch between 200 and 400 impaired drivers every month in Saskatchewan. But have these numbers increased in the 11-or-so months since cannabis legalization in Canada?

"We haven't noticed a significant spike in our impaired driving offense numbers since cannabis has been legalized," said SGI's Media Relations Manager, Tyler McMurchy. "Now, may we see more as police are more accustomed to catching cannabis-impaired drivers. It is different, but there are different tools and techniques that they use." He said they do have roadside testers in every police agency and many RCMP detachments.

"They do have roadside testers that can detect at roadside whether somebody is driving under the influence of cannabis," he said. "There are also many police who are trained in field sobriety tests." He said we may also see more people using cannabis now that it has been legalized. "I don't know that that's clear at this point yet, in the relatively short history since cannabis has been legalized in Canada," McMurchy shared. "We know that people used cannabis before legalization as well, so we may not ever see a tremendous spike in cannabis-impaired driving. But, it is something that I think police are aware of, that cannabis is legal in Canada and that is something we keep an eye out for as well."

He said anyone who is under the influence of cannabis should be aware, police have a zero-tolerance policy on cannabis impairment for drivers.