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.
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