Marijuana

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(12-06-2020, 12:06 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This.

So far it has been difficult to devise a field sobriety test for pot, and there is a lot of debate over what the legal limit should be in the blood stream to justify a DUI conviction.

But right now the marijuana laws have become a joke.  In some places it is still illegal yet people are advertising it for sale.  In DC it is legal to possess but illegal to sale, so I saw where a shop was selling T-shirts for $25 and giving a free gram of weed to each buyer.  Here in Tennessee CBD with miniscule levels of THC are legal, but that is like saying beer with 1% alcohol is not beer.  No matter how low the level is, if you drink enough of it you will still get drunk.  Even the DAs I work with are saying the laws can't be enforced so they should just legalize it.

Pot is not harmless.  Employers at certain jobs will be justified in barring their employees from using it.  And high levels of THC impair people enough that they should not drive.  But overall it should be treated like alcohol.  Legal but regulated.

Test 1: Cops could just be given Twinkies and every time they pull someone over place one on the hood of the car. If the person makes it through the entire stop without going for the Twinkies then he/she passed

Test 2: Tell the person a joke that's not very funny such as: "Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom? Because the pee is silent." If the person laughs hysterically he/she failed

Test 3: Tell the person a random fact such as: "You need to consume a quart of water each day for four months to equate to the amount of blood your heart pumps in one hour" or "The full name for the protein nicknamed titin has 189,819 letters and would take three and a half hours to say out loud." If person doesn't lose his/her shit he/she passed.

Test 4: Tell them the Bengals was going to win the 2021 Super Bowl. If they believe you, they failed.