Bonzi Lighthouse
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Seems to me we need a definition and test for impairment.
Seems to me we need a definition and test for impairment.
There's the rub.Seems to me we need a definition and test for impairment.
You are probably right, but using current testing methods all you can do is determine whether somebody smoked a joint in the last month, if they did then they are "under the influence". This is clearly unacceptable, and needs to be fixed.There's the rub.
Cannabis' effects are so subjective that applying such tests would be expensive and very inaccurate.
There have been studies that show Cannabis to actually improve test subject's performance under controlled conditions.
If you can get such tests to replace pee tests, I'm all for it.
Personally, I don't think the powers in this country will let it happen.
Very true. If I take a bong hit I can't drive for several hours. Most people are fine in like half an hour.Cannabis' effects are so subjective that applying such tests would be expensive and very inaccurate.
Exactly. I'm a comparatively weak head, but am pretty much unimpaired after fifteen minutes, regardless of the amount smoked. The pain relieving qualities remain for two to four hours.Very true. If I take a bong hit I can't drive for several hours. Most people are fine in like half an hour.
very clever. i'm gonna remember that one.Ever been out of papers, and vaporized buds on your vehicle's cigarette lighter?
I found out how well it works in 1969.
Unfortunately, it destroys the lighter, after a while.
Agreed.As a grower I think it will be about 2,000$ a lb and very few people will grow indoor, indoor growing will become a hobbyist venture, indoor growing is already borderline merely a hobbyist venture now but if mj was 100% legal it would be a hobby in the fullest sense
i hit the bong while i drive.
You are probably joking, but if not you are driving under the influence. I have no problem with you being arrested for that.
If the cop has probable cause to arrest you (smells pot, you are acting intoxicated, etc) then he can place you under arrest and compel you to be tested for alcohol, this I know for certain. I don't know for a fact that you can be compelled to give blood/urine for a drug test, but I think you can. If you test positive for metabolites, then you are under the influence. It's that simple.you can "drive under the influence" and still be legal. i can drive all i want at a 0.07. how will a court prove i am "under the influence" of pot? unless they can catch me with smoke in my lungs. so what exactly will i be arrested for and how will it be proven in a court of law? and how will it be determined to begin with? is there a "stoned" test?
no, it is NOT that simple. i am a med patient so of course i will test positive. doesn't prove anything and i won't be charged because of it. and even if i was arrested, the courts would still have to prove it. they would have to prove i was "high" at the time and there is no way to prove that. and even if i wasn't a med patient they still couldn't say i was "under the influence at the time of driving" they would have to prove it. and they can't.If the cop has probable cause to arrest you (smells pot, you are acting intoxicated, etc) then he can place you under arrest and compel you to be tested for alcohol, this I know for certain. I don't know for a fact that you can be compelled to give blood/urine for a drug test, but I think you can. If you test positive for metabolites, then you are under the influence. It's that simple.