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Topic: Judge rejects bid to block Washington
state "stoned driving" rules |
Judge rejects bid to block Washington
state "stoned driving" rules
Reuters, by Jonathan Kaminsky
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Posted By:LittleHoodedMonk, 12/9/2012 1:27:53 AM
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| Olympia, Washington - A judge on Friday rejected a request by a medical marijuana user to block Washington state from enforcing tougher "stoned driving" rules after it became one of the first U.S. states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. (Snip) The new rules, which for most marijuana smokers would put them over the legal driving limit for a couple hours after taking two or three hits from a joint, took effect on Thursday. The legal challenge came from Arthur West, an Olympia-based lawyer and medical marijuana patient who said the ballot initiative´s title wrongly left out
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Comments:
How exactly would the police determine the legality of someone driving under the influence after smoking choom? And, what about if they are lacing it with other more serious narcotics. Glad I don´t live in Washington state anymore.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
flowerladytoo, 12/9/2012 2:09:04 AM (No. 9056004)
Yikes, this sounds impossible to enforce unless there is some kind of breathalyzer that will detect the active ingredient in marijuana. Boy did Washington State open a huge can of worms when they passed this. On a good note,may of the potheads are going to zero in on Washington State now...and become THEIR problem!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
veritas, 12/9/2012 2:18:56 AM (No. 9056006)
I´m s-o-o-o glad I´m a long way from Washington state, and that my disgust with the TSA helps keep me from heading out there.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
tappin52, 12/9/2012 3:31:27 AM (No. 9056021)
Quite frankly, I would not want a stoned lawyer arguing in my defense in front of a jury.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Pinchem, 12/9/2012 4:13:33 AM (No. 9056045)
I wonder if that lawyer and enough intelligence to think what would happen if, while stoned, he hit someone and killed them in a car crash? Would that law, active or de-active by the court, make any difference then?
Sounds like he didn´t do enough Lawyer Homework.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JLoophole, 12/9/2012 5:12:14 AM (No. 9056056)
Come on, Arthur. You´re not being picked on. You´re just another legal user now, in the mainstream of society.
There are many other types of medication that keep people from driving for a period of time after ingesting. Sleeping pills, pain killers, flu medication, etc. not to mention a legal limit for alcohol...
Unless you´re a particular family strain of Kennedy, there´s no reason marijuana use should get you special dispensations.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Spidey, 12/9/2012 5:57:24 AM (No. 9056067)
If you´re so sick you need medical pot,why are you on the road anyway and not in the hospital.How was medical pot even used as a springboard for legalization anyway?
A recent poll said an overwhelming majority of young people thinks pot is harmless.This is how you create an expansion of the culture of stoners which employers thoroughly reject.Who eventually takes care of the perpetually stoned unemployed? Wouldn´t surprise me at all if this is the next flood of people collecting disability.
Just for the hell of it,take a wild guess at which party they´ll vote for.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Bevan, 12/9/2012 7:13:57 AM (No. 9056102)
THC stores in body fat. Thats why a heavy user can pop positive for marijuana up to 30 days after stopping.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
toddh, 12/9/2012 10:11:27 AM (No. 9056348)
Only drunk drivers worry about stoned drivers.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mike43, 12/9/2012 1:57:30 PM (No. 9056627)
I remember an old Dragnet with SGT Joe Friday explaining the difference between marijuana and alcohol.
Paraphrase: It is possible with alcohol to "relax" and stay functional with one drink. But the point of marijuana is to get high. There´s no in between. You´re high or not. With one drink, you can get a buzz, and then stop. Not possible with marijuana.
I used it successfully with my kids, when this subject came up.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bob913, 12/9/2012 2:29:33 PM (No. 9056662)
George Soros advocates for marijuana legalization. This will allow easier control of the stoners.
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