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dirtyoldman20 t1_iyalta5 wrote

Reply to comment by LordKaraka12 in New Pa. law increases penalties for repeat DUI offenses by t800x

And this must continue . Just because you have medicine dose not give you excuse to drive impaired.

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SuggestAPhotoProject t1_iyan9l0 wrote

The problem is that it’s not just impaired drivers that are being arrested, it’s people who simply have a medical card. If an officer spots your medical card, they know you’ll test positive for cannabis in your system wether you recently used or not, so they can be assured of a dui conviction. It can be weeks since your last use and you’ll still be guilty of a dui.

John Fetterman talked quite a bit about this problem, and urged the pa legislature to fix this problem, but nothing has been done so far.

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dirtyoldman20 t1_iyapem8 wrote

What has to be worked on is a system/method of testing how impaired someone is at the moment of pull over. Not more laws.

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Amazing-Salary1238 t1_iyde37o wrote

Colorado is working on this actually. Pa tch that gets put on your arm for testing (like a breathalizer)

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Er3bus13 t1_iyamgu4 wrote

Lol. Thanks boomer. Weed stays in your system for 30 fucking days.

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supermodelnosejob t1_iyanag7 wrote

For someone who isn't a regular smoker and has a high metabolism, it can be around 2 weeks, and can go up to like 2 months I think. But your point stands, there's currently no real way to test the immediate actual intoxication of marijuana

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dirtyoldman20 t1_iyao622 wrote

The point is it dose not give you an excuse to drive impaired .

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supermodelnosejob t1_iyap6fn wrote

The point is that we have no reliable way of confirming impairment during the operation of a motor vehicle and until we do it's simply open season because the officer thought he smelled weed and now has probable cause and some poor bastard who smoked as long as two months ago is jackhammered in the ass with DUI penalties that they don't remotely deserve.

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dirtyoldman20 t1_iyaqc55 wrote

That is something i admit needs to be addressed . Finding a way to test how hi someone is at the moment.

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IamSauerKraut t1_iycy3ae wrote

So your suggestion is let's do nothing until someone crashes into someone else as confirmation? Impaired is impaired whether it's weed, ETOH or ambien.

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dirtyoldman20 t1_iyamwwd wrote

I admit we have to work on a system to figure out how impaired someone is at the moment but it dose not give you an excuse to drive hi

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Er3bus13 t1_iyan1ae wrote

Ok 100% we can agree on this.

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dirtyoldman20 t1_iyanrw6 wrote

That said if you get caught smoking a joint in the behind wheel you should go directly to jail for extreme stupidity alone

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IamSauerKraut t1_iycxxsz wrote

Intermezzo is an Rx puts folks to sleep, yet folks take before driving. Folks have been cited with DUI for this lawful Rx for years. Why should any form of weed be different?

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Er3bus13 t1_iycyzhr wrote

What part of it stays in your system for thirty days. You are not high after 4-6 hours. If you can find some weed that keeps you high for thirty days you better patent that shit.

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FarEmploy3513 t1_iyaqhuh wrote

If someone figures out a "breathalyzer" type analysis system for THC "intoxication" they deserve a Nobel prize.

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dirtyoldman20 t1_iyar3ua wrote

Dose not even have to be breathalyzer just a new blood/urine system

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CDewfus t1_iyemkf1 wrote

I agree. If you drank alcohol 2 weeks ago you're still impared /s

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