MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING HILL BRIEFING ON DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING

CONTACT: Pete Daniels / pdaniels@saferoads.org / 202-408-1711 / 301-442-2249 (C)

MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING HILL BRIEFING

ON DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING

When:  Thursday, November 21, 2019. The briefing is scheduled to take place from 2:00-3:00 pm EST. The media availability will commence immediately after the Briefing concludes.

Where:  Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385

Who:

Commander K.N. Campbell

Houston Police Department

Traffic Enforcement Division

Cathy Chase

President

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety

Jennifer Harmon   

Crime Laboratory Director

San Diego County Sheriff’s Department

Mary Jagim MS, RN, CEN, FAEN

2001 President

Emergency Nurses Association

Richard Leotta

Impaired Driving Victim Advocate

Father of Montgomery County, MD Officer Noah Leotta

Amy Miles                                        

Forensic Toxicology Program Director

Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

Description:  Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is hosting a diverse panel of experts to discuss drug-impaired driving, a topic of growing concern in communities across the country.  Presentations during the briefing are off-the-record but the participants noted above will be available for on-the-record comment following this event.  Topics include the need to identify an impairment standard for marijuana, the impact of poly drug use on our roads and efforts to improve roadside testing technology.