Monday, November 26, 2012

Legal advice to clear the legal status of the test-tube baby

Two years later, in vitro fertilization (IVF), the only known cases, mixed headlines here, the law of the Legal Department of a clear legal status and the parents of such children is recommended to seek the views of the public.

Under the proposed law, the biological mother - pregnant mother - her husband agreed to assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment in default under the child's legal parents. This will ensure that the children effectively parentless "will not leave, nobody wants children" cases of error, such as a test tube baby mixed, the Ministry of Industry in its public consultation document with REACH The website explained.
If the husband does not agree with his wife the ART process but have to accept the child as a child of the marriage, he is also regarded as the legal father.

The premise of the situation of children (assisted reproductive technology) Bill, the artistic child should have a legal mother and father.

However, the proposed law, but also to the flexibility of the court on a case-by-case basis, considering the circumstances. Within two years of the discovery of the error or the commencement of the Bill - whichever is later - any interested party may apply to the court, is declared to be the child's father or mother.

The court will consider factors such as the child's wishes and opinions of the applicant's intent, the relationship between his or her own child, and the ability to meet the needs of the child.

The consultation document includes four options for the Ministry, but not recommended. They include the court determine the legal parents on a case-by-case basis, or do not give legal status of third-party inadvertent use of eggs, sperm or embryos, face-to-face children.

The first half of next year, will be tabled in Parliament, and may be passed into law before the end of next year, the bill is likely to say the Ministry.

When asked if it is prompted case of the 2010 Thomson Medical Center, where the woman have a baby through IVF sperm, is not her husband is wrong, the ministry said it has been studied for legislation in this area the Ministry of Health, since the beginning of this year, in this situation before exposure.

The woman is now suing for damages related parties.

Catalyst proposed law: increased demand for ART treatment, as well as by the artistic conception, in recent years, more and more children. In 2010, this type of baby number rose from 720 in 2006 to 130 8 ART cycle is complete the number grew from 2,432 in 2006 to 4,672 last year, according to the Ministry of Health.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Singapore General Hospital, Dr. Yu Suling, senior adviser, said the proposed legislation may be the art of confusion, any instance in the best arrangement decided by the court.

"This is a couple you want to baby, even if wrong, the child has been born, and the mother and father of the pregnancy," she said.

Silicon Valley law firm AC legitimate rights and interests of service

Entrepreneur, you will give up the lawyers, in exchange for a small part of your start?

Gulf region LLP Britton, Silberman and Cervantez, LLP, has launched is called stock LLP, by providing start-up company start-ups "from start to finish, the legal representative of the technology accelerator, entrepreneurs astronomical monthly fees can be avoided.

With the consumer and enterprise technology entrepreneurs entrepreneurs to build a large and growing population, the ecosystem has become more and more litigation. Start-up companies are unknowingly infringe the intellectual property rights of its competitors, there are few resources to avoid litigation.
Gil Silberman describes himself as a "dot com lawyers."

Gil Silberman, partner in a small company, the attention of the start-ups have been competing for years. "We are seriously take a new Internet company, set up shop in South Park (an area south of San Francisco), and participation in the network revolution, a lawyer," he said. Before Silberman representatives Craigslist, it is a company and the founder of LinkedIn in the company's early work.

A growing number of new "wantrepreneurs" Silicon Valley to establish a great consumer of high-tech companies, but does not consider the legal implications. Consider the Uber Cup, the sidecar Lyft: San Francisco regulatory agencies have become inextricably intertwined these traveling-sharing company, are faced with the costs that do not meet safety standards.

Silberman is a new era of the lawyers, and the use of the latest technology, to accelerate the pace of research and reduce the growing variety of customers per hour fee.

Before our interview, the engineer-turned-lawyer told me that he is "fiddling around the NOSQL. Silberman believes his technical background, more mature and competitive advantage of the law firm:" It helps me to be very effective and automated process, "he said. "If investors require stock of the ceiling table or hope, there is no reason lawyers should open a dusty file cabinets.

The company, which also shows that as a start, to resist white shoes company, provides young entrepreneurs representatives, and allow them to defer payments until they compete to raise funds. The New York Times reported that Weierxunsong Fuad recent restructuring of its strategy to attract new companies - it is to please the tech business incubators and small, strategic investments.

Stock LLP is still accepting applications, it is expected to run in January. The plan is modeled on the most famous accelerators such as Y Combinator and TechStars. First class proved to be successful, the company hopes the the pairing, campus network design and technology entrepreneurs Assembly.

However, the company will take a smaller piece than most accelerators (Y Combinator about 6%) of the company. It is still thinking about the specific terms and conditions, but the target is 2%. Its design is a separate program from traditional accelerator, entrepreneurs have graduated.

For a start-up company, it is not so easy to fill in a form on the website - they are opportunities, they will need to get the high-profile investors and consultants, on their side. Silberman said, they are turning to their network authentication.

The accelerator will accept a full range of legal representatives. The primary goal of the early-stage start-up companies - once they raise their first round of funding, and take the product to market, it may already be too late, and guide them through the necessary legal agreements.

"For entrepreneurs, we are trying to find a way to reduce the costs and risks of early stage," explains Silberman.

Law firm to take the blog as a marketing strategy

This is a severe removable redundant bureaucracy. Thanksgiving each year in the Structured Finance Group of the law firm Dechert lawyers make their golden turkey, they think most persistently wrong compilation of financial practices.

European financial regulators, proprietary trading rules after they had gone, bumbling deadbeat commercial debtor.

Tend to wither on the comments of Dechert blog:
"EU politicians are still fun beaten, bankers, which will promote the European capital formation Dechert's blog wrote," The company's Structured Finance and Real Estate Group, Rick Jones.

Blog booming lawyer law firm in Philadelphia and other areas to seek new ways to build relationships with customers. Styles and themes are different, but the idea is to create a buzz, and most remain in the minds of clients.

The blog can focus on the general law of criminal suspects, from the transaction's legal environment of the white-collar defense. But there are some surprising, such as a dedicated gluten-free food sources, the center city Pratt swallow fire Newby LLP partner Michael Savett blog.

Savett the blog did not do it to promote his insurance litigation practice. He began his 11-year-old son was diagnosed with celiac disease, autoimmune disease triggered by food consumption based on wheat, barley and rye.

However, the vast majority of the blog's purpose is to show that its author is a player in the legal market.
"This is a form of marketing, Fox said:" Rothschild LLP managing partner Mark Silow. Others do their own market research and state-of-the-art enterprise, they encountered the blog post, your General Counsel, business owners, who are looking for a lawyer to understand their business and management. "

Lawyers, if not careful - sometimes it seems the entire industry based on high legal walls have been erected as a strategy to reduce risk. However, many legal blog writers strive for an interesting law almost provocative and avant-garde style, it seems. The idea is very interesting.

The Ottawa legal system to help navigation center

When Saint - Jacques Valery arrived in Ottawa court a recent morning, her choice. Her 57-year-old mother was charged, but can not afford a lawyer.

St. - Jacques, who lived in Val-des-Mon ​​ts, but do a lot of no avail and the final call for advice. "They say," You do not call the right place, "and then hung up the phone," she said. Because her mother was indicted in Ontario, a friend suggested that she seek help at Elgin Street Court.

The public counter in the court, the command staff of the Saint - Jacques cramped, the fifth floor of the office of legal help Ontario, the complexity of the legal system help the parties to l awyerless navigation, over the past two years.

The office is an active the the free legal Ontario (PBLO), established in 2001 the charities to help low-income people can not afford a lawyer, civil legal problems. Since 2007, PBLO operation of two similar centers in Toronto in June 2010 to expand to Ottawa.

Last year, Ottawa Centre helped over 1,638 people and has served nearly 1,100 more by September this year. (Toronto Centre offers nearly 11,000 customers last year.)

Voluntary service more than 100 Ottawa lawyer hire an expensive lawyer provided free of charge to the growing ranks of Civil Procedure the views of the parties, for them, is not an option.

Large law firm in Ottawa, a lawyer practicing alone and - because of the spring - the Ministry of Justice lawyers involved, Yonit Foreman said, PBLO deputy director. The young participants lawyer senior partners in large companies.

The civil service is limited to non-family parties, unlike those in the family court or criminal court, they are not eligible to apply for legal aid. Its target revenue, from $ 36,000 per year for a single-person households nearly $ 74,000, a family of four.

Ottawa center provides a wide range of pure language guides civil law procedures - on its website, LawHelpOntario.org - as well as with a computer kiosk software can automatically fill in the answers to the questionnaire based on the complex legal form. "This will actually spit out in the form of the court for the right format, it will indicate the next step how to do it," Foreman said.

The center also has begun to provide advice, people outside of the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario. They can call the 1-800 number listed on the website, and will receive a call back from volunteer lawyers.

Foreman said, the center of most of the customers know a little bit about the law. "Our people, they will be a form of work, they will say, 'What is the defendant?" We would say,' you are the defendant. '

, "Foreman said:" We are not lawyers, but we are here to provide guidance so that they can really through the system itself.

Before she went to the court, Saint - Jacques never heard of legal help Ontario. But after a 30-minute consultation and Emily Robichaud, Canada Post lawyer, her service volunteer days, she could not been happier.

"I never had the court, so I do not know where to go, what to do, says:" Saint - Jacques. "Therefore, the lady helped me really appreciate it. Now I see the light at the end of the tunnel."

No lawyer to represent the justice system litigants ligitants Canada is a thorny issue. Although they have the right to be heard, few know what they're doing. Not only they are less likely to succeed, they can not afford the burden of the cost, time and resources overburdened court system.

With the scope and impact of the self-presentation of a professor at the University of Toronto, Canada Baum, Queen's University law professor Nick Bala family court judges, lawyers and the parties. They found that one or both of the representatives of more than half of all households in Canada disputes.
, "Bala said:" The figure has clearly gone up quite large. "It is a more pressing problem, rather than its use in the past."

At the same time, wealthy Canadians still unable to hire a lawyer, tend to resolve their cases outside of the court system. This has led to concerns about the "two-tier" justice, Bala and Birnbaum said an article in an upcoming issue of the Canadian Bar Review.

The justice system response. Earlier this month, the recommendations approved by the Federal Court, will provide a simplified online help self-represented by the parties, but also allows judges to crack down on what they considered to be abuse of the system.

Meanwhile, since 2010, an ad hoc committee Chairman by Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell, has been studying the problem, affordable legal services, the initiative prompted four years ago in a speech made by Supreme Court Justice Tony Foley Michaela Franklin attention. The Cromwell Commission to the 2014 proposal.

Meanwhile, initiatives such as the Legal Help Ontario provides valuable help, said Co-Chair of the Ottawa lawyer David Scott, the company Gervais. Scott, who has been involved in charitable activities "Ontario since its inception, volunteers often help Ontario Centre in Ottawa law.
"This is fantastic," he said. He said: "Do you understand the services you provide, if you do not, simply do not provide these people at sea."

Voting method still can to ensure that the rights of editor of the Inquirer

Elections, sometimes seemed destined to be destroyed blatant attempt to suppress voter-ID laws and other equipment, the landmark Voting Rights Act, 1965, is a minority shareholder vote under a legal microscope.
Cynical person might see a conspiracy of right-wing Supreme Court decision just a few days after U.S.

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign to re-examine the constitutionality of the law. The Court agreed to hear the county, Alabama, to lead to the provisions of the law, the the certain constituencies space in front of the Ministry of Justice, a challenge to change the electoral rules or procedures.

However, there is good reason for this. The congressional approval voting rights to take action to put an end to the officials of the whole or part of the history of discrimination of the 16 states revoke granted the right to vote, let ethnic minority voters in minority groups, or draw a selection inconvenient place, through a variety of tactics, such as the dilution of their own strength.

Critics say the legal relics of the era of Jim Crow, the country's sovereign right to step. They say the law invalid, since 1965, in the progress of race relations in the South. A point of the law's opponents say the south of Bulls Connor and church bombings are long gone, but that does not mean that the voters have always treated equally.

In some countries, including Pennsylvania, it is trying to use the ID law that federal oversight is still the best tool, in many cases, to frustrate the attempt to suppress the vote in the Election Day, the Republican government has recently made efforts to stop the ethnic minorities.

In fact, the Ministry of Justice of the Voting Rights Act, successfully prevent restrictive voter-ID laws in South Carolina and Texas, which may make many minority voters to exercise their rights in the last election. The purpose of the statement of voter-ID laws in polling locations in order to prevent fraud. But their supporters have not provided any evidence that voters simulated problem anywhere.

Congress has repeatedly extended, most recently in the 2006 Voting Rights Act, to extend the clearance requirements of up to 25 years. Three years ago, the court decided to leave the gap by a 8-1 margin in the case of another part of the full, but the judge also said the number of days.

View of the implication, Congress did not attempt to resolve the complaint, should be updated in accordance with the law, and therefore no longer need any jurisdiction, can show a strong federal oversight possible way, which is too bad. In contrast, the U.S. Congress has left opponents of the law to open this new challenge.

For some time, the court has the laws and policies of the civil rights era, this feeling should signal a lack of patience is near the end of its shelf life. The Court decided in 2003 Brin, it is recommended that affirmative action should be completed in 25 years of life. The court may be correct. But as the 2012 election results show that to achieve it is still a goal, rather than achievement.

Faku County to get a new look facilities

A new Harris County Law Library, the purpose is more beneficial, open to the public, providing free legal advice, nearing the end of the first floor of the Capitol, in Congress in 1019.

The estimated $ 600,000 expansion - Ryan County Attorney Vince sector runtime with the supervision of the offices upstairs, took place in the space of a juror, installed before a new jury Building opening last year.
Before the description of the Ryan Library on the 17th floor of the house "quiet, calm, empty." Access to the library fell from 5,302 per month in 1998 to 2744.

Heap next to the hall, approximately 16,000 square feet of space, and add a coffee bar, Ryan hope will increase traffic.

"This will be a destination, a private citizen and lawyer of social resources," Ryan said. "I'm used to, as a young lawyer, law library all the time."

The library will be equipped with a computer kiosk to help lawyers and customer search streamline the protocol stack and other databases. Ryan's staff came up Subscribe to Law Review, the Philippines and Scotland, for example, is not worth the shelf space, and donated to the University of the South Texas law a pendulum material in the Houston Metropolitan Research Center and the University of Houston Law Center.

Maryland law professor leading the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund

Sherrilyn Ifill, Professor at the University of Maryland School of Law, has been named the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, one of the nation's largest civil rights organization's president and chief lawyer.
This is classified as Ifill voting rights case, the Fund as an assistant solicitor to join the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Business Faculty of Law, 1993.

Ifill teaches courses Civil Rights Act, the Civil Procedure Law and constitutional law at the UM School of Law. She also set up a legal clinic to help rehabilitated offenders, and wrote the 2007 book "on the lawn outside the court: the face of the legacy of lynching in the 21st century."

"Phoebe A. Haddon said in a statement, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Ifill is an extraordinary member of our teachers. "We are very proud that she has been urging the this legendary national organization, led at the crucial moment her wisdom, vision and life-long committed to advancing justice to raise everyone's rights."

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, since its inception, in 1940, Thurgood Marshall, in the case of some of the most important in the history of the United States civil rights litigation. This includes the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education paved the way for racial integration of education. Marshall Later, in 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ifill, will be the seventh of the Fund lawyers. She will take a leave of absence from the office of the School of Law and the Fund in New York and Washington, DC

Ifill holds a bachelor's degree from Vassar College and New York University (New York University) law degree.

FBI consider legal pot legal false?

First of marijuana as medicine. Now legal pot.

Those who have been debated for decades, legalization and taxation weeds than expensive, the chance of failure of the drug war in the United States to prove it, Colorado and Washington became the first country to allow pot for recreational use.

Although broad measures in both states voters Tuesday blockbusters, to win support, they may face resistance to federal drug warriors. As of Wednesday, the authorities did not say whether they would challenge the new law.

The pot advocates say, fighting for what they want.

"I think we are at a turning point on marijuana policy," said Brian Vicente, co-author, Colorado's marijuana measures. "We want to see to prohibit marijuana is still alive, or whether we should try a new, more sensible approach."

Measures adopted soon after cheering people poured bars in Denver pot filled with rich flavor, and others lit to celebrate in Seattle.

However, authorities in the U.S. state of Colorado, urged caution. "Federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so do not be too quick to break out of Cheetos or goldfish, said:" the Democratic Party Governor John Xikenlupo, and who oppose the measure.

In progress, as the first celebration of death and the process of the implementation of the law in the next year, other states and countries will be watching to see if these measures can help reduce the money went to the drug cartels, and improve the Governments.

Government in Latin America where the drug in the U.S. market is mainly quiet, but the main adviser to Mexico's president-elect said the new law will force the United States and his country to re-evaluate how they play Cross-border pot smuggling.

The analysts said, may affect the the send pot Mexican cartels, but is different from how long and how much.

These two measures of drug is heavily taxed, profits, led by the state treasury. Colorado First to potential tax school building, while Washington's pot tax sent to an array of health plans.

Estimates are very different, they will increase the number. Colorado officials are expected to be between $ 5 million and $ 22 million a year. The Washington the legal pot analyst estimated may generate nearly $ 20 billion over five years.

Both state estimation with large Notes: illicit cannabis market is difficult to measure any income will depend on the federal authorities to permit commercial pot things are still many problems in the first place, sales.
These two measures to remove the adults over the age of 21 with a small amount of the drug - the most daring refused to pot prohibition in the 1930s through the criminal penalties of the law in the country.

Hot pot has come a long way since. In the 1960s, it is an anti-fixture. In 1971, President Nixon announced that the drug war. Twenty-five years later, through medical marijuana in California. Now, 17 states and Washington, DC, to allow it.

The same time, more and more cities, whether it is to take off-balance sheet pot possession crimes or guidance, so low priority marijuana arrest.

Broad support for the measures, voters in Colorado and Washington on Tuesday night, some because they think the war on drugs has failed, because they think the potential revenue as a boon to their country in a recession. A similar measure failed in Oregon.

"People think that the little old lady glaucoma patients should be able to use marijuana. Different. Study of the history of the University of Denver Law Professor pot prohibition Cumming," Sam said, which is that we see more than anything else into the a step further.

U.S. Department of Justice said, this is the assessment measures. California is considering the legalization in 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder said, this will be a "major obstacle", a joint federal and local efforts to combat drug traffickers.

It is legitimate, including California and Washington, federal agents to crack down on medical pot dispensaries. The personal pot users may not be immediately affected, the reason is that long-term focus on dismantling trafficking.

Administrator Drug Enforcement Administration from 1976 to 1981, Peter Bensinger, and other former the DEA responsible for people appeal to holders of the pot tickets this year, in order to make more noise. Colorado is a critical state, and the re-election of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Now, he said, "I can not see anything other than law enforcement in the Ministry of Justice to do the other."
Brian Smith at the Washington State Liquor Control Board, will be implemented in the new law, said officials are waiting anxiously to find out the intention of the federal law enforcement authorities to do. "They have been silent," Smith said.

The two states will have about a year to come up with the rules of legal pot system.

In Mexico, resulting in a lot of pot into the United States and the cartels and the government was involved in the yearslong deadly fighting, this man said, competent government Enrique Pena Nieto presidential transition oppose legalization.

"These important changes to the relationship with the United States have changed the rules of the game," Luis Videgaray told radio formulas.

A former senior officials expressed optimism about the potential impact of the research in the legal system of the country's internal intelligence service, these measures would damage the cartel may cut profits from 60000000000-46000000000 U.S. dollars.

Alejandro's hope, said an analyst at think tank now competitive research center in Mexico, may be a powerful legal pot blow can deny all but the smallest cartel between complex factors.

In Seattle, John Davis, medical marijuana suppliers, called by national measures "significant movement in the right direction." But he said he expects some confrontation with federal authorities.

"This law does not prevent the conflict," he said, "will highlight the need to find some solution between state and federal law."

Introduction to Israel's right to self-defense laws

This week, my colleagues in the legal and judicial center and the European legal and judicial center issued a comprehensive legal brief all 15 members of the UN Security Council, U.S. Secretary of State, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro temperature Senate, the first two Party leaders in both houses of Congress, all members of the House of Representatives and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the main leaders of the European Union and members of Congress. The memorandum outlined the events leading to Israel's current military strikes against the Gaza Strip, the law of armed conflict apply to those who strike, Hamas of war crimes, and the extent of Israel's restraint, even if the exercise of their legitimate right to self-defense (Israel is far Far inhibition) than the United States has been.

For those interested in understanding not only of international legal norms should also apply to Israel and Hamas, the recent history of this conflict, I would like to invite you to read the entire brief.

Then read a brief, read this ridiculous story "The New Yorker" IDF attacks in the Gaza Strip, causing the family. Israel, the terrorists are trying to kill who to hide including civilians, looking in the wrong house (because they are). In the laws of war, the deaths of these civilians are terrorists use human shields on the legal and moral responsibility. But in the freedom of establishment of the eyes?

It is hoped that the IDF indeed happened nothing Parkway house look hard, introspective. Need not only how well information, but what the right house, in this case, will be or is likely to be a problem. Four small children was dead on the floor, a person's name is the Israeli government in another list, anyone, said its success? This is not some decline, between the windows of the small bombs, according to the Los Angeles Times, "the power of the explosion blew up the Windows block from sending charred mattress flying into the street. (See Wasseem EL Sarraj sound bombs) It is difficult to see, even if the bombs found who have been looking for, indiscriminancy no built-in.

But one word to describe this analysis: the poor. Efforts to obtain war criminals, the IDF bomb, so accurate, they can destroy a single, targeted building, and told reporters: "indiscriminancy built in?

As criticism of Israel is relentless - accused the IDF of its weapons, the most accurate history of the war, is not so accurate, they kill only terrorists and go all the human shields; accused the Israeli intelligence equipment, which most executives in the history of the world, when it actually is not all-knowing - it must be Israel's defenders are ruthless. Much-vaunted "international community" requirement of the value of international law, so we test: when the law is clear, your hatred and bigotry trump any other specification or value?

Hamas's true regardless of indiscriminate rocket attacks on civilian clothes and civilian buildings, or the use of human shields, its use is not a defense in any legal or moral. Israel's actions are more than just a "defense", the law is crystal clear - Israel or exceed the requirements of the law, to protect the lives of innocent people. Men who have sex with men (MSM) and the international community to continue their double standards, but we do not intend to enable them to do so, it is easy or convenient.

Friday, November 16, 2012

EU carbon law face legal action

Ryanair is expected to EU carbon emission charges on flights from outside the EU decided to freeze the face of legal action, said that discrimination against short-range operators.

Said this week that the EU will freeze its rules, all airlines must pay for them to enter and leave the EU airport flights carbon emissions, but the flights within the EU still has to own carbon emissions.

"I think (lobby group) European low fares airline association is certain it was brought to court." This is blatant discrimination, "Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary told Reuters reporters Zai Cai and Fang Zhong.

"This means that operators are short-haul, some on behalf of environmental causes taxed, while European airlines for long-haul flights the complete discrimination short-haul carriers and consumers in Europe," he said.

European low fares airline association spokesman declined to comment.

The year-long exemption would apply to EU airports flights connected to countries outside the EU, the U.S. and Asian officials welcomed the move.

Okada camp Wynn legal quarrel law firm exit

On behalf of the Japanese pachinko tycoon Wolfgang Tian in one of the fierce opposition to the law firm of Wynn Resorts Ltd. <WYNN.O> legal disputes has withdrawn from the case, said on Friday, the company's lawyer.

Paul Spagnoletti, Davis, Polk, Wardwell LLP law firm, the New York office of the lawyer, said his company has stopped the Japanese businessman, who is trying to reverse the the Wynn decided redemption Okada in the company's shares, in a steep discount.

Spagnoletti not cite a reason sudden withdrawal, but he said his company has been submitted to the court documents, announced its withdrawal. Okada did not immediately comment on the matter.

Okada and his former partner, Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts, is embroiled in a fierce legal dispute. Asian businessman, who made his fortune "pachinko game machine manufacturing and sales, accusing Las Vegas casino boss's unfair to deport him, including the Board of Directors of Wynn Resorts.

The police have to worry about road safety

It's settled. Pot, at least a certain amount of will soon become law in accordance with national law in Washington State and Colorado. Now, officials in the two states are trying to figure out how to keep throwing stones at the driver to turn off the road.

Colorado measures do not make any change in the country's driving under the influence law, members of Congress and the police to worry about their safety on the road.

"Warned:" We're going to have more impaired drivers, John Jackson, chief of police in the Denver suburb of Greenwood Village.

Washington law does not change the DUI Terms marijuana hit a new blood test limit - limiting police training officers, and is prepared to challenge some of the lawyers.

"We have decades of research and experience with alcohol, said:" Washington State Patrol spokesman Dan Kuhn. "Cannabis is new, so it will take some time to figure out how to deal with the court and the prosecutors, but the most critical impairment: We will arrest the driver, drive damage, either drugs or alcohol."

Drugged driving is against the law, and not any of the measures, voters in Washington state and Colorado pot pipe sales through this month's tax and regulatory adults for recreational use, more than 21 changes. But law enforcement officials want to know whether there is the ability to purchase or lawful possession of cannabis marijuana users increased on the road will bring.

Collected by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics show that in 2009, a third of fatally injured drivers with known drug test results were positive for drugs other than alcohol. Positive for drugs in 2007, more than 16% of the people stopped at random weekend nighttime drivers.

Marijuana can cause dizziness, unresponsive time, drivers are more likely to drift turn when they are high.

The legalization of marijuana activists agree that people should not smoke and drive. But compared to the standards set by the blood alcohol limit triggered a fierce disagreement, Colorado regulating marijuana movement, such as alcohol, outreach director 贝蒂奥德沃 ​​Reith said.

The most drugged driving conviction based on police observation, followed by a blood test.

Aldworth said: "there is not a consensus standard rate of marijuana chemical THC impairment spirit.

Portable breath test, is not an easy way to determine whether a person is compromised pot use.

There are many different types of test marijuana. An inactive metabolite of THC, which can be stored in body fat, and maintained in the periphery of detection after use of many workplace testing. However, the impairment measures, those positive blood THC level test usually decline within a few hours.

National highway traffic safety management, peak THC concentration reached during the smoking behavior, and within three hours, they generally decline to less than 5 micrograms per milliliter of blood - the same legal standard in Washington, supporters described as about quite at the 0.08 limit alcohol.

In addition, two states - Ohio and Nevada medical marijuana - THC limited 2 ng per ml. The Pennsylvania health sector 5 nanograms guidelines introduced driving illegal cases, with more than a dozen countries, including Illinois, Arizona and Rhode Island, the zero-tolerance policy.

In Washington, DC, the police must still abide by the signs of drink driving, pull over in front of people, Kuhn said. Blood by medical professionals to develop and test more than 5 nanograms automatically by the driver drunk driving conviction.

Supporters of Washington's measures, including standard, eliminating the fear legalization could prompt anesthesia driving the epidemic, but criticized any strict. They insist that the patients who frequently use marijuana may fail, even if they are not damaged.

They also worried about legal policy of zero tolerance for those 21 years of age. Wind conviction, even if they are not impaired students, they may lose their college loans controversy.

Jon Fox, a Seattle-area DUI lawyer said his interest unconstitutional challenge Washington's new standard. According to the principles of due process, he said, people have the right to know prohibited activities. If scientists can not tell others should know his or her marijuana the average pot users exceeds the threshold test, how?

In contrast, he pointed out that the science of alcohol is recognized. Some countries publish a chart, to how many drinks a certain weight of more than a certain amount of time to reach 0.08.

But this challenge Nevada's marijuana DUI limit, failed in 2002, when the state Supreme Court ruled that the legislature has broad authority to set the driving standards. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review this case, Las Vegas DUI lawyer Michael Becker said.

Baker said, "Marijuana will affect everyone. "Forensic toxicologist generally considered to 2 nanograms of standards, such as exists in Nevada, was convicted under the influence of the individual, in fact there is no absolute results, but the standard of 5 nanograms closer to the average threshold of public opinion."

Colorado's legalization measures did not set the standard - deliberate omission of who wrote it, because this issue has proved divisive activists. In Colorado, there is an established medical marijuana industry, members of Congress have tried, but failed three times, set THC driving limits.

Before the vote, even legalization drugged driving in Colorado. In 2009, the state toxicology laboratory 791 THC-positive specimens suspected impaired driver. Last year, the company has 2,030 THC-positive samples.

Colorado members of Congress are preparing to take the driving standards when they reconvene next year.

"I believe that the 5 nanogram limit will save lives, said:" the Colorado Republican State Senator Steve Gold Sponsor driving high bills.