BC mom pulled over for speeding after smoking back-to-school joint

A B.C. mom toasted her child’s first day back at school by smoking a joint — and claimed she wasn’t the only parent, according to police.

Saanich Police Sgt. John Price was conducting speed enforcement in the Spectrum-Marigold school zone when he spotted the car.

“As soon as she rolled down the window it was pretty evident that the people in the car, or the driver herself, had been smoking a joint prior to being stopped,” he told CTV.

According to Price, the woman admitted to smoking marijuana and said she and other moms had taken part in the “celebratory joint.”

According to CBC, the woman was determined sober enough to drive by a drug recognition expert and was sent on her way, but not without the speeding ticket.

#yyjtraffic My drug recognition expert just did roadside sobriety tests on a mom in a school zone.Smoked a joint to celebrate school back in

— Saanich PD Traffic (@SPD_Traffic) September 6, 2016

Agencies/Canadajournal