Drugged driving arrests nearly doubled over the last four years compared to the four-year period before it, according to new data from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS). The DPS noted that there were 15,810 drugged driving arrests between 2018 and 2022, up from 8,096 between 2013 and 2017. That represents a 96 percent […]
Minnesota Supreme Court Upholds Conviction For Drugs Found During Alcohol Search
The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the decision of an appeal’s court that ruled that drugs found in a blood sample during a search for a person’s blood alcohol content can be admitted into evidence in the court of law. We covered this story back in January when the appeal’s court first overturned a lower […]
Drugged Driving on the Rise in Minnesota
The Minnesota State Patrol is adding extra training sessions to help officers understand the signs of drugged driving as the state has seen a sharp increase in the number of drugged driving arrests. The statistics don’t lie. Back in 1990, the Minnesota State Patrol documented five drugged driving arrests. In 2014, nearly five people were arrested for […]
