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Kyla joins the Jeff Andreas Show to discuss possible new training for judges when it comes to Sexual assault cases as well as the removal of medical fitness questions in the Law Society of BC admission application.

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Welcome to the Sunday Night Health Show podcast! Tonight, we chat with lawyer from Acumen Law, Kyla Lee. Not about law though, but about mental health, specifically anorexia. We also have another Biodiet checkup with Dr. David G. Harper – maybe I didn’t have an oscar-worthy performance but it’s not the end of the world! We also have a conversation about emotional abuse – some signs to look out for. Finally, Ella Dreyshner, a life skills and weight loss coach, joins us to chat about how she helps women lose weight.

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The BC Law Society will no longer ask questions about medical fitness – specifically, mental health

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Roadside drug testing hits roadblock in Canada

It’s been a little over a year since the first roadside drug testing devices hit the streets. And Draeger Safety Canada, the company that makes the one of two used in Canada, is declaring it an unqualified success.

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Kyla Lee got together with a number of experts – a former cop, a pharmacist, and a toxicologist – to perform her own study. One subject tested positive for opiates after eating poppy seeds. Another subject tested positive for THC after taking some lab-tested CBD oil.

The Draeger is one of two devices approved for roadside tests in Canada. The other, known as the Abbott SoToxa, is “arguably more accurate,” says Lee. But it also comes with its own set of problems. The device is meant to be used while resting on a flat surface.

Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee talks about her long battle with an eating disorder and what prompted her to get help.

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Kyla Lee, a voice you’ve heard on this station time and time again on various law related issues.

Today, Kyla presents something very different. Her journey with an eating disorder.

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Moving forward, every single driver stopped by police in Calgary can expect to blow a breathalyzer test.

Since December 2018, police in Canada have been able to demand preliminary samples without reasonable suspicion that drivers have alcohol in their bodies.

Calgary police have taken more than 15,600 samples since the force started mandatory checks more than a year ago. Those have resulted in 142 Criminal Code charges and 359 provincial sanctions.

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“Knowing that there have been constitutional challenges filed in this country, to that law, its very brazen and I am surprised to see it,” Vancouver-based impaired driving lawyer Kyla Lee said.

Kyla Lee is a criminal defense lawyer with Acumen Law and she suggests that anyone driving a Lyft or Uber vehicle who gets a ticket, should absolutely dispute.

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Kyla Lee says @Uber will be unsuccessful in their injunction to stop Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum’s plan to ticket Uber drivers.

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Police say all drivers in Calgary can expect a breath test if they are pulled over or go through a checkstop — an approach an anti-drunk-driving group wants forces elsewhere to follow, but one that defence lawyers warn is rife with constitutional pitfalls.

Since December 2018, when new federal impaired driving legislation took effect, police in Canada have been able to demand preliminary roadside samples without reasonable suspicion that drivers have been drinking.

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Kyla Lee, a Vancouver-based impaired driving lawyer, said rights to counsel and to be free from arbitrary detention are also at issue.

Lee said she’s not aware of any other police departments touting stepped-up mandatory alcohol testing measures.

“Knowing that there have been several constitutional challenges filed in this country to that law, it’s very brazen and I am surprised to see it.”

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