Marijuana Legalization Is Included In the State Ballot of Washington

It's all about education... when you take drivers training class they teach you about how alcohol slows your reflexes and so on, if marijuana is legalized they would need to do the same. The "driving while impaired" argument is one I hear often, I know it is hard since you can't accurately test for levels of marijuana to see if someone was "impaired" while driving. However, what about all the people with Vicodin and Percocet scripts? It's not recommended that they drive, but if they do are they breaking a law? Geez, can't people just be reasonable...?

"The "driving while impaired" argument is one I hear often, I know it is hard since you can't accurately test for levels of marijuana to see if someone was "impaired" while driving."


Yes it is very possible to prove impairment. However the current urine testing DOES NOT. It in fact tests for trace metabolites that remain in your system for days or even weeks. An ineresting fact is that the metabolites dont show in a urine test for several hours after consumption. Sooooo.... you could actually smoke a joint, have an accident & test negative for several hours & then test positive for days or even weeks after the actual impairment! This system is flawed to say the least & more to the point a witch hunt. A blood test on the other hand testing for actual THC not metabolites detects peak amounts of THC for 1 to 2 hours after being consumed. So you can see it is very possible to detect impairment but the powers that be aint havin it.

my source: http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/d...detection.html

The people that run this state have no idea of what is going on in this state! They say more teens will use? Holly shit, I talk to my 15 yr old and she says that roughly 90% of her friends have and do smoke weed sometimes. About 50% of them smoke every weekend/day or whenever they can get their hands on it! The article doesn't state that if you are caught with MJ that isn't from the state it's still ilegal! You also can't grow your own. And like you said Reloca there isn't a good way to test if someone is high. I agree with you I don't drive around when I am medicated, I just don't feel it is safe! I don't care that it is against the law I don't do it cus it just isn't safe and I don't want to kill someone cus I'm High! I think the 502 bill needs to be revised, give it a little tuneup change a couple of things and it would be a good bill. Most MMJ people up here don't care for the bill and are trying to not let it pass! It wont effect us one bit except for the DUI part of it. But don't drive high and your fine!

The laws on the books for a field sobriety test should be continued without resorting to these unscientific limits on THC in the blood. With this being said I wholeheartedly support I-502 and hope that we are the state that begins the push for more sensible regulations that concern cannabis in the US.

What about the work place? Will U/A's still be held against an individual that smokes? Or will it be like pills , simply over looked with probable reasoning? Driving is a grey area because if you arn't stoned yet have your marijuana some where with in reach, you are will questioned as if you did smoke. I will rejoice in the day that marijuana is legalized for everyone so that know one is blind to the great healing applications of this plant! But I am simply a grain of sand on this beach, yet have hopes an dreams of one day becoming a castle.

Alcohol is way more dangerous than marijuana by far and so is cigarettes. Alcohol and cigarettes are both legal and are not for any medical use what-so-ever. marijuana has multiple uses which are beneficial to people with health issues and benefits the goverment and the people. It should have never been made illegal in the first place. marijuana should definitely be legal and the goverment should go after the real criminals cooking crack and dope, molesting children, raping and killing and terrorists.