STANDARD OF IMPAIRMENT THAT. PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO POLICE THEMSELVES. A MYSTERY REMAINS WHEN IT COMES TO CANNABIS USE AND GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL FROM TECH TO EDUCATION, THE RACE IS ON TO PUMP THE BRAKES ON IMPAIRED DRIVING. SO IN THE ABSENCE OF OF SCIENCE NOT BEING SETTLED, WHAT CAN WE DO AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN DO PREVENTION AND EDUCATION. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS IS ILLEGAL, BUT WITH NO SINGLE TEST TO HELP DETERMINE A DRIVER’S IMPAIRMENT, THERE IS A GRAY AREA. ALCOHOL IS A WATER SOLUBLE. WE ALL KNOW THE BREATHALYZER, BUT WITH CANNABIS IT’S FAT SOLUBLE. SO HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE RECENT USE VERSUS RESIDUAL USE. AND THAT’S THE THAT’S THE MILLION DOLLAR PLUS QUESTION IF YOU WILL. I DRIVE SLOWER WHEN I’M HIGH. CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSIONER KIMBERLY ROY SAYS THAT IS WHY EDUCATION IS FUNDAMENTAL, ESPECIALLY IN DRIVER’S ED CLASSES. I MADE IT MY MISSION AS A COMMISSIONER TO PROVIDE THIS IMPORTANT LIFE SAVING INFORMATION. THE COMMISSION FOUND A PARTNER IN TRIPLE-A NORTHEAST. WE’RE GOING TO SHIFT GEARS AND TALK ABOUT THE BLUNT TRUTH ABOUT MARIJUANA AND DRIVING THE GOAL WITH THE SHIFTING GEARS PROGRAM IS BOTH TO EDUCATE AS WELL AS REMOVE MISCONCEPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS. SO WE HEAR FOLKS SAY THAT WHEN THEY’RE HIGH, THEY ARE MORE FOCUSED, AND SO THEY’RE MORE CAREFUL WHEN THEY DRIVE, AA SPOKESMAN MARK SCHIELDROP INVITED US INTO A DRIVER’S ED CLASS AT WORCESTER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. IT’S IMPAIRED DRIVING NO MATTER WHAT, WHETHER IT’S ALCOHOL OR IT’S MARIJUANA, WHERE THEY LEARN THINGS LIKE THE TOP PITCHER IS YOUR BRAIN LOOKING OUT THE FRONT AND WHERE YOU CONCENTRATE IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND YET WHEN YOU’RE HIGH, THIS IS THE SPACE THAT YOU SEE. IT’S ALL DROPPED DOWN OR ALMOST LIKE YOU’RE A RACEHORSE WITH BLINDERS ON, NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHERE YOU’RE GOING, ALL IN HOPES OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF IMPAIRED CRASHES ON MASSACHUSETTS ROADWAYS. WHAT WE’RE FINDING IS THAT CANNABIS IS IS THE MOST COMMONLY OCCURRING SUBSTANCE IN THE BLOOD OF FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS. SO OFTENTIMES WE SEE COMBINATIONS OF ALCOHOL AND CANNABIS OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME. IN A RECENT SURVEY, 95% OF RESPONDENTS CONSIDERED DRIVING AFTER DRINKING ALCOHOL ENOUGH TO BE OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT TO BE VERY OR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ONLY 69% ASSESS THE SAME LEVEL OF DANGER FOR DRIVING WITHIN AN HOUR OF USING CANNABIS EDUCATION MAY HELP. MARIJUANA CAN AFFECT THE WAY YOU THINK, AS WELL AS YOUR ACTIONS, AND THAT ALCOHOL ISN’T THE ONLY PROBLEM FOR DRIVERS. BUT WHAT ABOUT TESTING FOR IMPAIRMENT BEFORE A DRIVER GETS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR? WELL, THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT. THEY HAVEN’T COME UP WITH A WAY TO ACCURATELY MEASURE THE IMPAIRMENT FROM CANNABIS, AND WE HAVE THAT SOLUTION. I THOUGHT I COULD CREATE A TOOL THAT WOULD MEASURE IMPAIRMENT FROM CANNABIS, AND I DID, AND THE DRUID APP WAS BORN. DRUID STANDS FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. FOUNDER AND CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER MICHAEL MILLBURN SAW A NEED. I DIDN’T CREATE DRUID TO BUST STONE DRIVERS. I WANTED TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING IN THE CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO HOW DOES THE APP WORK? I IDENTIFIED THE THE MAIN BEHAVIORS CAPACITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR DRIVING THAT GET IMPAIRED BY CANNABIS AND ALCOHOL. SO REACTION TIME, HAND-EYE COORDINATION, BALANCE. I JUST DESIGNED HAND TOOLS TO MEASURE THOSE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. THE TEST ON THE DRUID APP TAKES ABOUT ONE MINUTE. THE KEY IS FIRST TO TAKE THE TEST ON IMPAIRED TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE SCORE. THERE ARE THREE TASKS OKAY, YOU DO ONE TASK AT A TIME OKAY. AND EACH ONE HAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONS. IT’S REALLY ABOUT HOW YOU DO AGAINST YOURSELF. MILLBURN AND CHRIS BENSLEY, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF IMPAIRMENT SCIENCES, THE COMPANY THAT OWNS DRUID, SAY THERE IS NO GOOD OR BAD SCORE. IT’S ABOUT HOW MUCH DRIVERS VARY FROM THEIR BASELINE. YOU SEE A CIRCLE, TAP WHERE YOU SAW IT, TAP UP, STOP WHEN YOU ESTIMATE 15 SECONDS HAVE PASSED. I WANTED TO GIVE IT A SHOT. THESE THINGS POP FAST. OH NO. WRONG, WRONG. I THINK THIS ONE MIGHT BE EASIER. I JUST SEE THE CIRCLE AND COUNT TO 15. I CAN MULTITASK, I CAN MULTITASK, AND THEN IT WAS TIME FOR MY BASELINE SCORE, 43.8. AND THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME DOING IT. THE TASK MAY APPEAR TO BE EASY, BUT THEY’RE ACTUALLY DIFFICULT IN THE MOMENT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE IMPAIRED RATHER THAN A SIMPLE MEASURE OF SUBSTANCES IN YOUR BODY. DRUID OFFICIALS SAY THE APP TESTS THE STATE OF YOUR BRAIN AND YOUR BODY TOGETHER. OUR HOPE IS THAT DRUID IS SEEN SIMILAR TO A FEVER THERMOMETER, AND THAT THE FEVER THERMOMETER WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE A FEVER, BUT IT DOESN’T TELL YOU WHY. THE SAME THING WITH DRUID. WE WILL TELL YOU WITH THE TOOL THAT YOU HAVE AN IMPAIRMENT, AND THEN IT’S UP TO THE PROFESSIONALS TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO WITH THAT. THE COMPANY HOPES TO EVENTUALLY GET THE DRUID APP INTO HANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS TO ASSIST WITH THE CURRENT ROADSIDE SOBRIETY TESTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. BUT FOR NOW, DRIVERS CAN DOWNLOAD DRUID ON THEIR OWN. AND TAKE THE DRUID TEST A FEW TIMES AND IT REALLY YOU DO HAVE TO CONCENTRATE IN THAT MOMENT BECAUSE THE TASK CAN BE TRICKY. NOW. IMPAIRMENT SCIENCES HAS EXPANDED TO INDIVIDUALS AND NOW THEY’RE REALLY TRYING TO MARKET IT TO EMPLOYERS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRY. WELL, THEY SAY THAT DRUID NOT ONLY WORKS FOR CANNABIS IMPAIRMENT, BUT FOR IMPAIRMENT OF ANY KIND, WHETHER IT’S ALCOHOL OR EVEN EXHAUSTION. SO IT COULD BE A TOOL FOR A LOT OF EMPLOYERS. IT I