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After getting arrested on suspicion of driving while high, some Colorado suspects are also being asked by select Colorado State Patrol troopers, “Would you like to be a volunteer in our DUI marijuana pilot program?”
“Sometimes people are glad to participate, and sometimes they want nothing to do with us,” said Major Steve Garcia, who is with the State Patrol training branch.
The State Patrol is testing technology that could more accurately determine whether someone was driving while high.
The program, which began in March, is trying out five devices from companies based around the country. The technology uses a driver’s saliva to determine whether there are drugs in his or her system and to measure the amount, Garcia said. The Colorado legislature has determined that the legal limit for impairment by marijuana is 5 nanograms of THC in the blood, although...
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