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Massachusetts Question 4: Legailize Pot?

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William Blake said:
Since no one from Colorado seems to have replied, been here since 2010 and I'd say nothing has really changed since legalization. I do believe that there is some method for testing driving under the influence amounts if you get pulled over, but I couldn't tell any specifics (we've had it for a while now, so they must have thought of something).

Though now people often suggest trying to solve any funding problems that come along by using taxes from marijuana, as if it brings in an extra trillion dollars. They did set the taxes here crazy high, like 25-30%.

I don't smoke, but it's nice that my wife can take a hit or two to help her anxiety if we are at a party, or (ironically?) a beerfest since she doesn't drink much.
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NPR had a pot advocate on last week from CO. While putting legalization in the best light possible, regarding driving under the influence he dodged the question about an actual test ala the breathalyzer and basically reiterated the point that driving while stoned is illegal and cops can detain you for driving erratically. Didn't answer the question about proving you had too much marijuana in your system or what the level is that makes you unsafe to operate a vehicle (recall with booze you don't have to be swerving to get arrested. Cops can run an OUI trap stopping all cars and nail you right there if you fail the test).

Take rate is going to be like 3.5% under the law....
 
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I recall a conversation involving some experts who work with the league, that in the NFL (and courts in most states) you can test up to a certain level of THC and be considered clean because there's a potential to have inhaled enough smoke when around others who do smoke marijuana. Then he went on to say that the average person could smoke up to 3 joints a week and still come in under that limit. If a person tested above that limit, it means they were actively smoking within X hours of the test or they smoke so much as part of their normal lives that they're meeting the definition of perma-stoned.
 
ericredaxe said:
So where is it sold?

Are there laws about how it can be advertised etc?
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It's sold in medical dispensaries that were already established prior to the amendment, they needed to apply for a new license for recreational dispensing. Been into a couple places, one had an armed guard, probably off duty police, but that was in downtown denver. Both places were very clean and had helpful staff.

As far as testing, when the issue was originally being addressed, what I heard was the opposite of the "you'd have to smoke 3 joints on your way to the test to fail. More like, it was way too sensitive, similar to the way your average drug test can pick up trace amounts from weeks ago, in that yu could fail if you smoked the day before. That may have been corrected.
 
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I have said before, when I lived in Seattle a job swabbed my cheek to test if I was high. Took 3 minutes to get a result.
 
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Handyman said:
I have said before, when I lived in Seattle a job swabbed my cheek to test if I was high. Took 3 minutes to get a result.
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What are they looking for? A certain level of THC in the blood/saliva?
 
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Rover said:
What are they looking for? A certain level of THC in the blood/saliva?
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They could, in theory, look for a wide array of chemicals. Perhaps it could even work in locating the Lindbergh Baby.
 
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Rover said:
What are they looking for? A certain level of THC in the blood/saliva?
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That specific test was looking for THC I believe (obviously in saliva) but it was a while ago now.
 
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Handyman said:
I have said before, when I lived in Seattle a job swabbed my cheek to test if I was high. Took 3 minutes to get a result.
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00:00:00 Takes swab
00:03:00 Results in
00:03:02 Results reviewed
00:03:10 Handy looking for employment ;)

:D
 
Rover said:
NPR had a pot advocate on last week from CO. While putting legalization in the best light possible, regarding driving under the influence he dodged the question about an actual test ala the breathalyzer and basically reiterated the point that driving while stoned is illegal and cops can detain you for driving erratically. Didn't answer the question about proving you had too much marijuana in your system or what the level is that makes you unsafe to operate a vehicle (recall with booze you don't have to be swerving to get arrested. Cops can run an OUI trap stopping all cars and nail you right there if you fail the test).

Take rate is going to be like 3.5% under the law....
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Almost got selected for the jury on a marijuana DUI case today, would have been interesting and informative. Sounds like it's a blood test that the officer administers, but the defendant refused the test. The lawyers/judge were saving the explanation of the testing for the actual trial portion and didn't explain any during the jury selection.

Both juries I've been called for but not chosen for were defendants who refused DUI testing , one alcohol and one marijuana.
 
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Re: Massachusetts Question 4: Legailize Pot?

This state has barley gotten the weed market off the ground. The scary black market is crushing the weed game with its low prices and better products and honestly a wider variety. While I use only CBD oil, I actually don't care. But I'd prefer weed products be made legal and well taxed
 
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