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Colorado is setting THC levels for DUI driving...

There is no such thing as a wrongful conviction to the corrections industry. Every conviction counts towards their profit margin and increasing their budget.
Never forget that.
 

hazy

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I've been waiting for this one.

It's coming here in AZ too. Every LEO out there is probably taking a phlebotomy class right now.:shooty:

They're going to be stabbing needles into every 'suspected' pothead out there once they get the mob enough pitchforks and torches. Having a mmj card will be like asking for a needle poke from Johnny Law. Hopefully they won't do the old "Damn, I just can't find that vein!" routine.
If you refuse, they'll probably take it anyway, and suspend your license. And with the limit set too low for chronic users, your license might as well be suspended anyway, because you will always be looking over your shoulder when you drive, just like you have to now with no mmj.
 

ibjamming

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DUI Pot Bill Could Lead to Wrongful Convictions
The legislature should proceed with caution. Absent essential protections for the accused, including a right to testing that would accurately distinguish between "active" and "inactive" THC in the blood, as well as the right to have blood retested at a reasonable cost by a certified lab, Colorado's courts could become even more clogged by those defendants wrongly accused and eager to take their cases to trial.

Good article to bring more attention to the problem with this. By a well known MMJ attorney in CO.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-corry/dui-pot-bill-could-lead-t_b_795521.html

I knew it...said the same earlier in the thread. You can't convict someone for being under the influence when the test detects presence for weeks. A new test will be developed...
 

ibjamming

Active member
Veteran
We can only hope so. But when was the last time you felt things were "fair"?

Oh I know things aren't "fair"...but this? Being declared guilty of impaired driving and the only test would show me STILL impaired 2 or 3 weeks later? I'd fight that conviction to the death! I don't think it will make it past the first court case. It's blatantly unconstitutional.
 

Hashmasta-Kut

honey oil addict
Veteran
when the cops smelled weed on my buddy in victoria b.c. canada, they made him do a sobriety test, like for drunks, walk the line etc... and then said he failed it :D he was all indigniant when he told me :D
 

hazy

Active member
Veteran
No^^, here in AZ, the cops take a phlebotomy class and get a 'certification'. They'll draw your blood right there on the side of the road.

The most they have to do is call for an officer who is certified if the cop who pulled you over isn't.
 

circadian clock

Active member
in my state the only way to get convicted of driving high is threw a blood or saliva test. so this pretty much isn't new but the level of 5 does seem kinda low.
 

GreenintheThumb

fuck the ticket, bought the ride
Veteran
Good article to bring more attention to the problem with this. By a well known MMJ attorney in CO.

She's been an attorney for what, a year or two? Get real. Her husband's the famous one and he's a well documented drunk and sex offender. Welcome to the movement.
 

jd4083

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Veteran
No^^, here in AZ, the cops take a phlebotomy class and get a 'certification'. They'll draw your blood right there on the side of the road.

The most they have to do is call for an officer who is certified if the cop who pulled you over isn't.

Uh, seriously? Proof that cops in AZ are forcing drivers to submit to a CONSENSUAL test option while on the side of the highway?
 

SmilinBob

Member
How about when you turn legal smoking age you have to go get your license renew and take a smoke test. They'll tell you a couple jokes, and test your impairment.


I agree it's different for every person.
 

whadeezlrg

Just Say Grow
Veteran
have there actually been any legal mmj patients convicted of a dui for pot? the reason I ask is because I just got one on monday. I was pulled over for speeding and the cop said he smelled burnt marijuana in the vehicle (true - I had smoked in my vehicle the previous night, and also had a glass pipe that has been heavily used and obviously smells of burnt marijuana) I also had about a quarter oz and two clones in the car at the time, which the cop gave to my pregnant non-mmj patient girlfriend to take home after throwing me in cuffs. I repetedly told the cop that the smell of burnt marijuana was from the previous night and that I'm forced to smoke in my car due to the fact that I live with a parent that is weary of my status as a patient and will not allow me to smoke in my home. I took all the field sobriety tests once on the side of the road and again after I was taken back to the chp office, I would say I did them all without error. I was also required to submit a blood test approximately 4 hours after the last time I had consumed any pot and am unsure of the results of the blood test. I ended up going to jail for the first time in my life and was released later that evening. I'm in the process of finding an attorney to help me beat the case, although my main concern is keeping my drivers license, I have my first born on the way and really dont want to be phucked and stranded for a year...anyways I just thought I'd share my experience...it's pretty shitty.

does CA have a similar law for allowable amount of thc in the blood?
 

One Love 731

Senior Member
Veteran
Sorry to hear that Whadeez. This law makes no sense at all, a few states will give UA's and the smallest trace of metabolite will constitute a charge. Wear I'm from you can get pulled over weeks after smoking and loose your license. I have seen a study that said we actually drive better after smoking. Peace, pot and karma. :ying:ne Love
 
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JHerbz

Member
wow this is bullshit... whadeez... man that's shitty news to hear, good luck with that!

hopefully they work this shit out to be more balanced out.
 
K

kannubis

Motorcycles have a way of giving one the sense to know when to say when.
The feeling from riding that first time you scared yourself shitless sets the bar
in your brain to set the over your ability limit. I will only ride or drive now after
at least 3 hours have passed since finding that point again.

It is best not to exceed what you know is your level of comfortable existence.
 

whadeezlrg

Just Say Grow
Veteran
I didn't even feel stoned at all when I got rolled, thats the worst part. I've had cops let me drive off when I was soo shitfaced on alcohol that I was driving with one eye closed to stop the double vision when I was younger...just sucks I would have accepted the consequences of my actions had I really been intoxicated...whatever it blows.
 

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