Florida's driving rules aren't ready for changes coming to marijuana laws

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Marijuana laws are changing all around us.

 

From a non-euphoric strain that will soon be grown legally in Florida, to a bunch of communities rushing to decriminalize small amounts of pot, to a proposed constitutional amendment that would greatly expand medicinal marijuana around here.

Like it or not, pot is about to become a larger part of society.

And Florida ain't ready for it.

At least not from one important legal perspective.

Like a lot of other states tinkering with more permissive marijuana laws, Florida does not yet have a firm handle on how to determine when a person is driving under the influence.

For one thing, pot is not as easily measured as alcohol on the roadside. Even blood tests have some drawbacks. And, most confounding of all, there are no definitive studies to determine at what level a driver using marijuana is considered impaired.

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