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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 10:38 am
(November 7, 2012 at 8:22 am)festive1 Wrote: Given the current state of our collective finances, I think taxing the hell out of pot is the way to go. Hooray, Washington!
Yep. Although, since the federal government has still had a history of fighting pot legalization every step of the way, I can easily see this going before the supreme court. This is one of those progressive stances that I've wondered about Obama: why is he fighting against marijuana legalization? Isn't he supposed to be progressive?
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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 10:41 am
(November 7, 2012 at 10:27 am)Jaysyn Wrote: This is great news, but I am curious. Can a blood test tell if you've been smoking pot only within the past day? If not, they are going to be seeing a lot of false positives.
A blood test can go back way further than one day. In fact, I think it goes back further than a hair follicle test.
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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 10:43 am
(November 7, 2012 at 10:41 am)Faith No More Wrote: (November 7, 2012 at 10:27 am)Jaysyn Wrote: This is great news, but I am curious. Can a blood test tell if you've been smoking pot only within the past day? If not, they are going to be seeing a lot of false positives.
A blood test can go back way further than one day. In fact, I think it goes back further than a hair follicle test.
That's my point. How are they going to tell (during a field sobriety blood test) if you've been smoking today or if you smoked last week but not today?
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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 10:43 am
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He might be more willing to allow it now that he isn't concerned about re-election.
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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 10:53 am
Jaysyn Wrote:That's my point. How are they going to tell (during a field sobriety blood test) if you've been smoking today or if you smoked last week but not today?
I guess they're going to have to come up with something new. I wonder if a cheek swab would be able to tell if the person has been recently smoking.
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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 11:35 am
(November 7, 2012 at 10:53 am)Faith No More Wrote: Jaysyn Wrote:That's my point. How are they going to tell (during a field sobriety blood test) if you've been smoking today or if you smoked last week but not today?
I guess they're going to have to come up with something new. I wonder if a cheek swab would be able to tell if the person has been recently smoking.
Better yet, will it really matter as much whether or not someone was smoking weed? I mean, sure, if they are currently under the influence of marijuana I don't want them driving or opperating heavy machinery or watching my kids and I can fully understand employers not wanting them to work while high, but if you smoked a few joints over the weekend, will people care as much? As of now, employers don't like a positive drug screening, partially because marijuana is illegal; what will they say about it if marijuana is legal?
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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 11:43 am
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Define recently.
(some interesting stuff regarding testing procedures and their ability to "look into the past" as it were - far less than law enforcement or some stoners would have you believe.)
http://www.labmed.yale.edu/Images/detect...5-9313.pdf
Specifically with regards to a swab test, it might tell you that someone has smoked within the last 72 hours...but whether or not they are currently intoxicated...well....how precisely would that be determined by such a test? The best they can do is determine a level after which they will declare you intoxicated. Wouldn't bode well for habitual users (since the tests will return higher levels regardless of their current situation). I'd expect draconian statutes and enforcement to trail the heels of widespread legalization btw. Not because I'm a pessimist, but because draconian statutes and enforcement are a huge improvement over prohibition, but not a complete reversal of the current - current..... 
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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 11:51 am
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There'd probably do a street sobriety test or something. And shine a flashlight in your eyes.
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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 11:54 am
LOL, I get pretty belligerent when people shine a flashlight in my eyes regardless of what I've been smoking or drinking that day.
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RE: Washington State legalizes marijuana for adults.
November 7, 2012 at 11:55 am
This laws are eaven more liberal than the dutch ones, where it`s still illegal but tolerated by state authorities.
Washington will see an increase in tourism income and state revenue within the next years which will ease the process of decriminalisation.
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