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In reply to the discussion: How will over-the-limit, DUI driving infractions be determined [View all]eridani
(51,907 posts)I think that the testing aspect is going to have to be adjusted based on actual experience. I think there is too much focus on THC and not enough on the cannabidiols that put you to sleep, though they don't get you high. Being sleepy and driving is a VERY bad idea.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/its-not-about-the-stoners/Content?oid=15084994
I-502's loudest critics are concern trolls. Moreover, they're concern trolls who have got theirsfolks who aren't going to get busted because they're largely white, authorized as medical marijuana patients, or wealthy from the medical marijuana marketand have little to gain by passing the initiative. Despite being a monumental leap for civil rights, they quibble, I-502 isn't ideal. But I-502 shouldn't be compared to the ideal law; it should be compared to prohibition, which is the only alternative we've got right now.
To the extent that people dislike compromises in I-502, I get that. Personally, I don't like the per se cutoff for driving, which says that you are automatically guilty of a DUI if the active THC in your blood is above the five-nanogram level; I think prosecutors should have to prove impairment. But per se cutoffs are the standard that we already have for alcohol, and like it or not, it's the same model we're going to see for marijuana. The reason those strict DUI provisions are in there is to help get this thing passed. Attacks focusing on stoned driving have played a big role in defeating other pot initiatives, such as Proposition 19 in California. A poll last year by Quinlan Rosner Research found that the DUI provision alone prompted 62 percent of voters to say that they were more likely to support I-502, and only 11 percent said it would make them less likely to support the initiative. Same goes for home growing; voters don't support it.