The case was heard at Workington Magistrates' Court (Image: Newsquest)
A drug-driver caught on the A66 has been banned from the roads for a year.
Christopher McDonald, 45, was driving a Volkswagen Golf west bound at Cockermouth on November 9 last year.
He had 4.3mcg of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood. The legal limit is 2mcg.
McDonald, of Bridge End, Egremont, pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.
He was banned from driving for 12 months and fined £369. He must also pay £85 costs.
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