[ichabod1]

A 12 step protocol? Don’t they have to get convicted before they have to go to AA?

[sparklite2]

Drug Warrior: So what? They must have done something sometime.

[zipper]

Soon there will be a ‘fingerprint’ drug test, that will detect MJ and cocaine, and many other drugs. No need to draw blood with that test.

[MeganC]

And the police wonder why their credibility is rapidly disappearing.

[DiogenesLamp]

Bogus Stoned Driving Arrests Highlight Dubious Methods of 'Drug Recognition Experts'

"Reason" magazine is a well known drug legalizing apologetics effort.

Libertarians are always going on about drugs.

[discostu]

Field sobriety tests have always been problematic. They’re pretty hard to pass stone cold sober, especially on the side of the road with the fear of going to jail if you fail. Most places you can decline and skip to the breathalyzer/ blood test, and you should if you can, even if you’re a teetotaler.

[Gay State Conservative]

Given that there's nothing resembling a "scientific" way to determine if one's "under the influence" of grass the only two options are to either accept the testimony of cops as fact *or* refrain from prosecuting any such case.

Neither option is very appealing.

[henkster]

We have one of these DRE officers in our jurisdiction. He even testified that the defendant was impaired by marijuana even though the blood test showed nothing. He’s right and the lab was wrong. Although most of the judges don’t believe him, he still has a gun and a badge.

[Seruzawa]

DRE, another stink pile of turds invented by the pseusdoscience of psychology.