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supermodelnosejob t1_iyanag7 wrote

Reply to comment by Er3bus13 in New Pa. law increases penalties for repeat DUI offenses by t800x

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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