Independent MP Craig Garland Loses Licence
Tasmanian independent MP Craig Garland has been disqualified from driving for six months and fined $820 after pleading guilty to drug driving.
Garland, 60, appeared in the Burnie Magistrates Court, where he also received four demerit points for driving with cannabis in his system.
- He was intercepted by police on Smith Street in Smithton on November 2 last year.
- An oral fluid test detected traces of cannabis.
He recognises he should not have been driving
Garland had been prescribed medical cannabis in June to manage chronic pain from sciatica and a shoulder reconstruction that required surgical pins. His lawyer stated that Garland preferred to avoid pharmaceutical painkillers but accepted responsibility for his actions.
Author's summary: MP loses licence for 6 months.