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To: Mojave
Michigan penalizes driving with the presence of carboxy THC in the body. Read the article.

Thank you, but I did read the article.

The high court's ruling considers the THC derivative and the actual narcotic one in the same, rather than circumstantial evidence that a driver might have been high.

The "high" court has now ruled that two separate substances are the same - which is a physical unreality. Chemistry by fiat.

This is the basis for my opposition to this ruling. If carboxy THC is not, on its own, listed as a controlled substance, then the law does not make it illegal to have it in your system when you drive. THC - the narcotic - is obviously listed. Annulling the scientific identities of these two substances by word of judge is a crock.

54 posted on 06/23/2006 9:52:05 AM PDT by MortMan (There are 10 kinds of people in the world... Those that understand binary and those that don't!)
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To: MortMan
The "high" court has now ruled that two separate substances are the same

No, they ruled that THC is THC. They didn't try to weasel out of enforcing the law as it was written, as you would have them do.

Too bad they didn't have a chance to Mario Morgan and his carboxyl THC laden butt off the road before he killed the 4-year-old.

56 posted on 06/23/2006 10:24:09 AM PDT by Mojave
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