Fewer States Suspending Driver’s Licenses For Drug Convictions

As recently as 2004, 27 states automatically suspended or revoked driver’s licenses for at least some drug convictions. Last year alone, legislators in Ohio and Massachusetts gave judges the power to decide whether or not to suspend driver’s licenses after drug convictions, following similar actions in earlier years by Georgia, Delaware, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Virginia, one of the 12 states still restricting driver’s licenses after drug convictions, is set to opt out starting this July, and others are considering similar actions. Some states have also eliminated or reduced the fees previously required to reinstate suspended licenses.

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