Do cops have a field test for THC?

crazykoolaid

Active Member
yeah i though tthe strips were wrong to but they dod that where i live, it tells the cop if you have any thc traces in your mouth then they make you do all these stupid test but if that strip turns colors you more then likely going to jail for dui
 
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wildkard91

Guest
theres this new thing that isn't in use yet, but basically you spit into it and it registers if you have had a THC intake recently


its a new weapon for the "war on drugs"
 

stevenr

Member
I last read up on this about four years ago. I'm an analytical chemist, and I get checked every time I go to a new employer--guess when I changed jobs last? :>) There are two basic ways to check if THC is in your body. One is a biochemical test that is really fast, and the other uses more traditional chemical analysis. As of four years ago, the fast ones (like three minutes test time) were pee strips and saliva tests. The traditional method is was for pee, blood and hair....whatever, but you need a fair amount of it.
The saliva tests could tell if you'd smoked in the last 4 hours, no matter how often you smoke. They cost 10x what the pee test do, so not many organizations were using them at the time. If you hadn't injested in the last four hours, it wasn't going to see anything.
The pee test is the one you hear the 30 day warnings about for heavy smokers. It is chemically the same as the saliva test. The difference is how long THC stays in saliva, as opposed to pee.
The standard chemical testing is the least sensitive, and the most expensive. It was also regarded as lock down proof by the legal system, because it has been around longer than biochemistry. In the case of my employer, they used it only if you failed the pee strip test---to hold down costs of the testing program. Then, it was used as confirmation of the pee results. Of course they had to use both on me. I drank so much water I'd knew the tests would be "inconclusive", so they couldn't fire me, and it wasted lots of their money. Ha. Ha.

There isn't a rule as to what constitues overwhelming evidence. It's all between the courts and lawyers. Rule of thumb, though: The more experienced the cop, the more the court will trust his observations.
 
there is a way, saw it in High Times last december. Its a device you spit into and it tells if your on THC, cocaine, methamphetamines and some other stuff.
 

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Well-Known Member
If anyones still wondering they look into your eyes with there light and can tell because your pupils will be dialated.It happend to me when I was high as shit lol they knew
 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member
my pupils are always really dialated, but im not always stoned, id be fucked if they stopped me, well, if i ever carried anything on me that is. i wonder why my pupils are always so big, any thoughts? i'm not on any pills other than like 20 advil and 20 spirin a day. and like 20+ allergy pills.........but ive worked my way up to those levels over years........
 

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my pupils are always really dialated, but im not always stoned, id be fucked if they stopped me, well, if i ever carried anything on me that is. i wonder why my pupils are always so big, any thoughts? i'm not on any pills other than like 20 advil and 20 spirin a day. and like 20+ allergy pills.........but ive worked my way up to those levels over years........
I have no idea why there always big lol.If they shove that bright ass light in your eyes they might shrink though if you were sober.
They for damn sure new I was high though,I might of reeked of weed to though lol.I still just kept denying it.I dont think they can prove anything if unless you admit it or they catch you smoking.
 

MeMes

Member
they do a lame eye test putting their finger horizontalley left to right and then you have to guide your eyes to his fingers somtimes if your really blown your eyes kinda like move weird like screenshots but that doesnt happen often
 
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