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Get Science Right Before Implementing Different DUI Law for Marijuana

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 11/02/2016 - 08:29

Even as California and other states consider expanding the legal availability of marijuana for recreational as well as medicinal use, there has been a concerted push by some to create new laws criminalizing driving under the influence of marijuana’s active ingredient, THC. 

But those marijuana-specific proposals, while intended to prevent dangerous driving, are flawed and not ready for prime time. That is because the science isn’t there yet to distinguish between drugged driving versus residual trace amounts of THC in the system. We already have provisions to protect the public from dangerous drivers of all kinds. We need to let the science catch up before we start making potentially problematic new laws.

The proposed laws attempt to set a “bright line” maximum level of THC in the bloodstream, similar to the 0.08 percent level for an alcohol-related DUI. In other words, the laws would make it a crime to...

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