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Indiana residents beware: Smoke legal pot at your own risk

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 06:04

Hoosiers who try marijuana while visiting states where it's legal may risk breaking the law, or possibly losing their jobs, experts say, if they face a blood or urine draw when they return home.

If you're traveling this summer to a state where marijuana is legal and feel tempted to partake, employment and legal experts say you still may want to think twice before lighting up.

That's because the pot you smoke legally there could wind up causing you big problems back here at home — even days or weeks after the buzz has faded.

The most extreme consequences could be a trip to jail or getting booted from a job:

•Indiana law regarding operating a vehicle while intoxicated covers marijuana. But prosecutors don't have to prove you were high to get a conviction — only that you had a trace of marijuana in your system.

•Indiana is an "at...

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http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/05/21/indiana-residents-beware-smoke-legal-pot-risk/27713935/

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