One person arrested every three days for drug-driving

Polices forces in England and Wales have made 902 drug-drive arrests – equivalent to one person being arrested every three days - since the new law came into force on March 2, 2015.  
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) made a Freedom of Information request asking every police force area in England and Wales for the number of arrests made for the new offence.

The IAM’s findings show more than 400 people a month have already been arrested for this offence but there is little consistency in testing and arrests  across England and Wales, with figures ranging from 200-plus in one police force down to zero in others.

The Metropolitan Police recorded the highest number of arrests, with 214 in just over two months which equates to three drivers every day since the law was changed. Next up was Northumbria Police with 97, then Cheshire Constabulary with 70, Sussex Police with 58 and South Yorkshire Police with 55.

At the opposite end of the scale, Leicestershire Police, Warwickshire Police and Gwent Police have yet to make any arrests at all for this offence in the first two months of its existence.

The new law introduced in England and Wales on March 2 set limits at very low levels for eight drugs commonly associated with illegal use, such as cannabis and cocaine. Eight prescription drugs were also included within the new law including diazepam, methadone and morphine.
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