[samtheman]

So quoting her defense lawyers makes you feel confident that doper drivers are fine?

[TKDietz]

That is not what I said at all. I said that she had ecstacy in her system as well as marijuana metabolites and that experts at her trial testified that the level of these substances in her system were consistent with someone who had used these substances before but would have not been impaired by them at the time of the accident. That didn't really matter though because the law in that state did not require impairment. It is a per se law that only requires a positive drug test, even if all the positive drug tests proves is that some time in the past few days or weeks the person consumed some type of intoxicant.

I do not think it is okay to drive while impaired by any intoxicant, whether it is alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy, whatever. I was familiar with the case you were citing though and thought it would be fair to point out both that there was not only marijuana metabolites in her blood but also another drug, ecstacy, and that there was evidence that she was in fact not intoxicated at the time of the accident.

[davesdude]

He is just being objective on the fact that even if there is trace of drugs in the blood, the person could have taken it 2 weeks ago...Now if you think the effect of these drugs still impairs you after 2 weeks, even after 2 days, make some search...