[neverdem]

I wonder if Rimonabant, aka Acomplia, will be a false positive?

[Tanniker Smith]

The difference, of course, is that alcohol is a legal substance.

Now, if they want to make a test case someplace with a zero tolerance law and legal medicinal marijuana, that should prove interesting.

[Lexington Green]

When drunkards write our laws...

[mtbopfuyn]

They would have had to have had reason to pull you over in the first place. Of course the little bags you're frantically pushing under the seat might have the cop asking more pointed questions.

[ThomasThomas]

If impaired reasoning is a reason not to let someone drive, then how will NYT reporters get to work.

If impaired reasoning is a reason not to let someone drive, then how will democratic members of congress and RINOs get to work.

If impaired reasoning is a reason not to let someone drive, then...

[DesScorp]

We've been over this story once allready, but the drugheads keep bringing it back up, apparently.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

But, i think I can break any law I don't like if I enjoy the feeeeeeellllings it gives ME.

[tubebender]

One Joint a Week? I don't think they were talking about these guys...

[Cleburne]

More importantly, it will help extend state power, which will (for the rightist statists) help us Defeat Terrorism; for the lefist statists it will help us Defeat Poverty and other Societal Ills. If you question the State then you're probably a terrorist, a drug-head, or a corrupt greedy big-businessman.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Of course! Should be an instant felony. Take away their weapons!

[tallhappy]

Interesting that after all these years of such "REASON" by enlightened progressive open minded libertarian thinkers to weaken drug laws and normnalize drug use as legitimate and harmless, actual Americans seem to be enacting laws that are going in the opposite direction.

Go figure.

[TWohlford]

This is a local story here (Jackson, MI).

http://www.mlive.com/news/jacitpat/index.ssf?/base/news-17/115099236535720.xml&coll=3

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Blackman Township police in February 2004 cited Kurts, 44, of Michigan Center, after he was stopped for driving erratically. He admitted smoking marijuana, police said. The time frame in which he smoked is unclear.

A blood test did not detect the narcotic THC, or tetrahydrrocannabinol, which is in marijuana. Instead, the test showed the presence of carboxy THC, a benign product of metabolism that can remain in the blood for a month after marijuana use.

Jackson County Circuit Judge Chad Schmucker dismissed the case in 2004 on the basis that the THC remnant was not an illegal controlled substance. Wednesday's ruling sends the case back to Schmucker's court.

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Not only do you get the initial ticket, but you also get another $3500 in "safe driver" taxes over the next 2 years.

[LibertarianInExile]

Hey, let's take a look at the logical extension of this: what about the other false positives that come up on drug tests? Driving while under the influence of poppy seed rolls is sure to come next!

[BenLurkin]

This article misstates one important fact -- marijuana impairs the user's judgment long after the "high" appears to be over.

As long as it is in the doper's system that person remains impaired.

[MadLibDisease]

If impaired thinking disqualified an individual from driving there would be no liberals on the road

[robertpaulsen]

Seems to me that this is for the legislature to fix, not the courts.

Methinks the legislature is happy with the law, and the author is trying an end-around the will of the people. Figures.

[robertpaulsen]

Here's the facts of the case:

"In Docket No. 129269, defendant Delores M. Derror was driving east on snow- and slush-covered M-72 when she crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with another vehicle, killing the front-seat passenger, paralyzing two children in the rear seat, and injuring a third child. The accident occurred at approximately 6:00 p.m. Derror admitted that she had smoked marijuana, at 2:00. p.m., earlier that day."

I thought we were told by the pro-marijuana-while-driving crowd that marijuana actually makes you a better driver.

[RichInOC]

Should last week’s joint disqualify a pot smoker from driving today?

That depends, I guess. Is he still stoned?

[Celtjew Libertarian]

My question would be whether the chemicals they look for are in second-hand smoke. When I lived in East Quad at the University of Michigan, 20 years ago, just about every resident got their share of second-hand, whether they used pot or not. Unlike Clinton, I never used pot, but I did inhale....

[decimon]

Anyone notice that the threat of losing your driver's license is being used as a sword over the head of all who do not comply with any dictate of the State? Violation of divorce diktat has been recently discussed.

Driving 'privileges' have become our short hairs.

[RobRoy]

Um, isn't marijuana use illegal there?