Browsing: Legislation
A proposed DUI bill in Colorado being discussed later today would set the blood-THC limit at 5 nanograms of active THC for every milliliter of blood. The key here is that it’s active, as latent inactive THC levels can linger in the system for weeks after use causing no actual impairment.
But state law doesn’t always recognize these differences, as seen in an Arizona court ruling. It establishes that people there can be found guilty of driving under the influence whether they’re impaired or not — and even if they’ve got negligible amounts of THC in their system.
Sorry North Carolina. Apparently residents in your state were so in favor of a bill that would have allowed access to medical marijuana that state legislators had no choice but to table discussions and kill the bill before it could even get out of committee. Make sense to you? No? Good. That means you aren’t a North Carolina congressperson.
When the final tally rang on election night, hundreds of thousands of voters in Colorado and Washington rejoiced at the passing of their respective marijuana bills. In these states, the people had spoken: legalize it. Amid the hazy celebrations, however, one acknowledgement was conspicuously absent. Alaska had actually legalized marijuana first. Sort of. Westword has the story.
Urban Dictionary defines a cannasmurf as “a person who is a member of several medical cannabis dispensaries and who obtains the maximum allowable quantity of cannabis from these clubs in order to obtain a sizable amount of cannabis for personal or commercial reasons.” Colorado’s governor-appointed task force has determined that marijuana tourism is OK, but its members also believe restrictions should be put in place to prevent smurfing. Which is where things could get complicated. Westword has the story.
| Via sd34.senate.ca.gov/ |
| Senator Lou Correa |
Under a new law proposed by State Senator Lou Correa, it would become illegal in California for a person to drive a vehicle if his or her blood contains any detectable amount of marijuana. This includes medical marijuana, so card holders wouldn’t be exempt from this “zero tolerance” policy. Furthermore, considering marijuana can be detected in one’s system weeks after use, it’s entirely possible a driver could be slapped with a DUI charge after the effects are long gone. LA Weekly has the story.
The Amendment 64 Shadow Task Force is made up of activists monitoring the implementation of Colorado’s A64, which allows adults 21 and over to possess small amounts of marijuana. The shadow task force is now trying to beat the state to the punch via an ordinance that would make Nederland “the first town in America to regulate marijuana since its prohibition some 76 years ago.” Westword has the story.
“If the Sergeants would please douse all the doobies in the area.”
Such was the edict put forth by John Morse, the Senate President in Colorado, after the strong smell of reefer wafted through the halls of the State Capitol. Maybe Colorado’s legislators know more about marijuana than they’re letting on. Westword has the video.