The AMT Marijuana Thread

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,766
    Go Beavers said:
    brianlux said:
    Go Beavers said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Just curious, how long does it take for cannabis to leave your system so that you do not violate DUI laws?
    I don’t think there’s an on the street test cops can give like a breathalyzer. I think in Washington they’re trying to develop one. Cops now assess impairment, but I don’t know how well it would hold up in court. 
    Generally speaking, driving 15 MPH in a 45 MPH zone is often a clear giveaway.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,766
    And doing this a lot:
    :lol:

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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Here in Australia they do random roadside drug tests for cannabis and other drug using saliva devices. 4 hours seems too soon. I would have thought 24 hours to be okay to drive.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,766
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Here in Australia they do random roadside drug tests for cannabis and other drug using saliva devices. 4 hours seems too soon. I would have thought 24 hours to be okay to drive.
    Because the potency of weed varies so much, I think this is going to be a tough one to put a time limit on when it is safe.  Hopefully users will be smart and be safe and not hurt themselves or others or blow the whole deal.  And hopefully people will be self-aware enough to know when it is safe to drive.  If someone smokes and then stays up until way late in order for the effects to wear off but then they're dead tired at 3 or 4 AM and drive, that could be just as dangerous.  Self-awareness is key.
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,635
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Here in Australia they do random roadside drug tests for cannabis and other drug using saliva devices. 4 hours seems too soon. I would have thought 24 hours to be okay to drive.
    There are many variables involved. 
    Body type, height, weight, etc
    Type of cannabis
    Amount of cannabis
    Strength of cannabis

    Some people metabolize it quickly while others it can remain in their system for days.
    In Colorado the police assess the drivers for impairment rather then test.
  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is going after legalized marijuana. Sessions is rescinding a policy that had let legalized marijuana flourish without federal intervention across the country.

    That’s according to two people with direct knowledge of the decision. They were not allowed to publicly discuss it before an announcement expected Thursday and spoke on condition of anonymity.

    The move will leave it to U.S. attorneys where pot is legal to decide whether to aggressively enforce federal marijuana law. The move likely will add to confusion about whether it’s OK to grow, buy or use marijuana in states where it’s legal, since long-standing federal law prohibits it.

    The decision comes days after California began selling recreational marijuana.

    Sessions compares marijuana to heroin and blames it for spikes in violence.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Conservatives are truly the biggest hypocrites in the world.
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,068
    rgambs said:
    Conservatives are truly the biggest hypocrites in the world.
    No doubt Sessions is a drunk too ..
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  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    josevolution said:
    rgambs said:
    Conservatives are truly the biggest hypocrites in the world.
    No doubt Sessions is a drunk too ..
    More likely getting $$ from big pharma & booze
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,766
    The majority of Republicans are in favor of legalization.  Sessions needs to take a hike.
    http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/marijuana-legalization-republicans-poll/index.html

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,068
    CM189191 said:
    josevolution said:
    rgambs said:
    Conservatives are truly the biggest hypocrites in the world.
    No doubt Sessions is a drunk too ..
    More likely getting $$ from big pharma & booze
    Yep 
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Fuckin' 5'3" anti-science hillbilly. Let them try. I'm guessing my AG, as well as the other AG's on the left coast will be very aggressive fighting that deplorable. There will certainly be no cooperation with local law enforcement assisting the jackboots.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,966
    yeah, this pissed me off early today.  This is a loser issue for sure.  Let them try...just one more thing to add to the list.  
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,766
    jeffbr said:
    Fuckin' 5'3" anti-science hillbilly. Let them try. I'm guessing my AG, as well as the other AG's on the left coast will be very aggressive fighting that deplorable. There will certainly be no cooperation with local law enforcement assisting the jackboots.

    mrussel1 said:
    yeah, this pissed me off early today.  This is a loser issue for sure.  Let them try...just one more thing to add to the list.  
    Right on and right on!
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177

    GOP senator says Sessions broke pledge to him on marijuana policy

    "Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) threatened on Thursday to start holding up the confirmation process for White House Justice Department nominees unless Attorney General Jeff Sessions reverses a decision to roll back a policy allowing legalized recreational use of marijuana in some states.

    Gardner said in a series of tweets that Sessions had told him before he was confirmed by the Senate that he would not change an Obama-era policy that discouraged federal prosecutors from pursuing marijuana-related offenses in states where the substance had been legalized. Colorado is one of those states."


    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,966
    brianlux said:
    jeffbr said:
    Fuckin' 5'3" anti-science hillbilly. Let them try. I'm guessing my AG, as well as the other AG's on the left coast will be very aggressive fighting that deplorable. There will certainly be no cooperation with local law enforcement assisting the jackboots.

    mrussel1 said:
    yeah, this pissed me off early today.  This is a loser issue for sure.  Let them try...just one more thing to add to the list.  
    Right on and right on!
    Far out, solid AND right on, Bob.  


  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,766
    jeffbr said:

    GOP senator says Sessions broke pledge to him on marijuana policy

    "Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) threatened on Thursday to start holding up the confirmation process for White House Justice Department nominees unless Attorney General Jeff Sessions reverses a decision to roll back a policy allowing legalized recreational use of marijuana in some states.

    Gardner said in a series of tweets that Sessions had told him before he was confirmed by the Senate that he would not change an Obama-era policy that discouraged federal prosecutors from pursuing marijuana-related offenses in states where the substance had been legalized. Colorado is one of those states."


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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    jeffbr said:

    GOP senator says Sessions broke pledge to him on marijuana policy

    "Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) threatened on Thursday to start holding up the confirmation process for White House Justice Department nominees unless Attorney General Jeff Sessions reverses a decision to roll back a policy allowing legalized recreational use of marijuana in some states.

    Gardner said in a series of tweets that Sessions had told him before he was confirmed by the Senate that he would not change an Obama-era policy that discouraged federal prosecutors from pursuing marijuana-related offenses in states where the substance had been legalized. Colorado is one of those states."


    I've read this morning that even the task force that Sessions himself convened to study the issue did not recommend rescinding the policy, but he decided to go ahead with it anyway. 
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,889
    hows that small government thingy going?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    My initial reaction was anger, but beneath that was a kernel of hope that this would galvanise and energise people, and the response here supports that hope.
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