❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding cannabis detection in road fatality autopsies in 2021 and 2022. The question seeks to understand the prevalence of cannabis use among road fatalities in WA and compare figures between the two years.
AnsweredQoN 1474Legislative Council
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I refer the Minister to recent research undertaken in Canada, quantifying the number of autopsies in which traces of cannabis were detected both before and after legislation, and given that cannabis use can be tracked via post-mortem blood sampling, and I ask: (a) how many road fatalities were there in Western Australia in 2022; (b) how many of those fatalities let to an autopsy; (c) how many, if any, of those autopsies showed traces of cannabis in the deceased's system; and (d) how does that figure compare to those recorded in 2021?
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Answered
8 August 2023
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Police
Response time
10 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise:
(a) 175.
(b) All reportable deaths in Western Australia undergo a post mortem examination (autopsy) which can be either external or internal examinations by the State Coroner.
(c) and (d)
ROAD FATALITIES CASES RECEIVED BY CHEMCENTRE WA FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY FOR THE PERIOD OF 2021 AND 2022
YEAR
2021
2022
Cases Pertained To Drivers
121
124
Cases Pertained To Drivers - Trace Detection (Cannabis)
27
29
Note:
(a) 175.
(b) All reportable deaths in Western Australia undergo a post mortem examination (autopsy) which can be either external or internal examinations by the State Coroner.
(c) and (d)
ROAD FATALITIES CASES RECEIVED BY CHEMCENTRE WA FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY FOR THE PERIOD OF 2021 AND 2022
YEAR
2021
2022
Cases Pertained To Drivers
121
124
Cases Pertained To Drivers - Trace Detection (Cannabis)
27
29
Note:
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