“If the legislature and the governor decide to legalize marijuana, I think from a law enforcement perspective, we need to be prepared with additional drug recognition experts— that's what will be required to determine if people are under the influence of marijuana and driving and breaking motor vehicle laws— so we need to step up the number of DREs, or drug recognition experts, we have,” Grewal said.
He notes that the state will also need to bring in a number of drug-sniffing dogs who are not trained to locate marijuana.
The attorney general believes the most important aspect in legalizing recreational marijuana in the state is the expungement of existing records.
“It is my hope that if they do go down this road that the social justice expungement piece will be part of the new legislation,” Grewal said.