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JimmyJames905
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Another point I don't agree with is how they will deal with impaired drivers. Currently testing is not accurate. Now let's be clear I am "high" every day. I drive to work "high" and I operate heavy machinery "high" and I am just as sober as the next guy. I don't use high cbd, I use high thc as per my doctor's recommendation. So should I just not be allowed to drive ever and go to jail if I do? Maybe we just need a better field sobriety test?
I agree with you there. Unless they're going to crack down on all the OxyContin users who drive really fucked up the impending law seems unfair and difficult to enforce. The field sobriety test is at best flawed. I suspect we will get into month 2 of the new law and some fast lawyer will have the test deemed "ineffective". I personally have prescription for 4g a day. I smoke my first joint at 9 am and am not supposed to drive for 5 hours. I suspect that even after 5 hours I'm still "legally high". I won't know for sure until one of my cop friends can test me. I have no idea how the testing device is able to determine if the level of THC in my body is from being high or from residual THC. I don't know what it's detection window is. I know the proposed unit is salvia based and I know that THC is detectable in saliva for at least a week. This will obviously be brought up the first time a lawyer questions its validity.
But legalization of any banned substance always reveals problems. There are people who will abuse it. Most will probably follow (some of )the laws.