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Driving under the influence of cannabis is illegal and dangerous, even though many people only associate DUIs with alcohol. Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM) Executive Director Rita Kreslin, who lost her son in a marijuana-related crash, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Executive Director Erin Doherty warn that cannabis slows reaction time, affects perception, and impairs a driver’s ability to respond safely. Modern marijuana is far more potent than in the

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Drunken driving opponents welcomed the sentence, one of the strictest on record in DuPage in recent years. Rita Kreslin, executive director of the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists , said drivers often get a “slap on the wrist” for impaired driving, particularly for distracted driving. Kreslin, whose 19-year-old son John was killed in a drunken driving crash in 2002, said cannabis use has become more of a problem since Illinois legalized use of the drug in 2020. Enforcem