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THC, which is the stuff in pot that produces the high, has a 3-day half life. That means that after smokeing pot and people begin to feel they are no longer high, but they are still impaired. That’s the danger in smoking pot. People who only smoke it on weekends are continuously impaired. That’s probably why they call it dope.

Well, I never stated that smoking the stuff is good or safe. I am just stating that I think it’s better to legalize it, regulate it and tax it. It’s a wild goose chase that only causes more harm keeping it illegal.

THC, which is the stuff in pot that produces the high, has a 3-day half life. That means that after smokeing pot and people begin to feel they are no longer high, but they are still impaired. That’s the danger in smoking pot. People who only smoke it on weekends are continuously impaired. That’s probably why they call it dope.

Nobody stays "impaired" for three days from smoking pot. Just because THC stays in your system for weeks before finally being untraceable, doesn't mean that there is any form of impairment. The "high" from smoking pot lasts a few hours at most, and that's only if it's really potent weed and the person smoking it has gone for many days without at toke. Even your choice of the word "impaired" is a misnomer. Having the munchies, getting into deep philosophical discussions about God, listening to music, and laughing at cartoons does not qualify as "impaired."

Not true. THC is broken down in the liver as any other fat is metabolized. The body makes metabolites to process the oil and eliminate it from the system. It is the metabolites that remain in the blood stream. When we make metabolites they are not immediately filtered because the body sees the THC oil as a food stuff, and is inefficient to keep manufacturing them, so they float in the blood stream incase more food needs metabolizing. They can remain for quite a while.

The drug tests for pot are to measure metabolites not actual THC, because THC doesn't remain in the system in its ingested form, its metabolized and processed the same as any other volatile oil or fat, THC is metabolized.

Now, cocaine on the other hand is not seen as a natural substance by the body, so no metabolites are made. Its filtered out of the body as a toxin by the kidneys in its ingested state in a few days

Heroin and other opiates are seen as natural and go straight to the brain. No metabolites are needed though, as the body just absorbs it as its own endoraphin.

So the 2 most addictive substances are undetectable in the body after a few days. but the most benign leaves evidence by way of metabolites in the blood for up to a month.