[eastforker]

Just because it was in her system does not mean she was impaired. She could have smoked a week earlier and it would have still showed up in her system.

[Right Wing Vegan]

She could have smoked a week earlier and it would have still showed up in her system.

And to filthy potheads and their brainless sympathizers, that makes the drug seem so much better.

[moovova]

“She could have smoked a week earlier...”

Or, she and her dopey friends left school at lunchtime to get high and were passing a joint as the driver was pulling out in front of the truck.

[Alberta's Child]

Just because it was in her system does not mean she was impaired. She could have smoked a week earlier and it would have still showed up in her system.

Some of us who deal with these things in a professional capacity have used this inconvenient fact to support our efforts against legalization of marijuana. It makes no sense to legislate against impaired driving while at the same time legalizing formerly illegal substances that can't be accurately tested for impairment.