(June 5, 2017 at 10:23 am)Khemikal Wrote: I think that police depts will use it for as long as people put up with it...but there really does need to be a better a field sobriety test for weed, to determine whether or not someone's currently incapacitated. Otherwise, they're fishing for an extra charge, for example. The test doesn't show that you are impaired, only that you're a toker.
Currently, Washington state uses a blood test to measure blood levels of THC. Maybe you know this already. Problem with that is, there's actually no science to indicate what level is impairing, and perhaps even worse, regular users have a high tolerance and can have a positive result after not imbibing for weeks or longer. Obviously that would not be impairing in the least. I expect that if I were tested to that I'd test positive regardless of whether I'm impaired.
The state is no doubt aware of this but persists in the charade.
Personally, I think we need a workable standard to serve both the interests of justice and safety. The one we have isn't it.
