Cannabis DUI

It was last Friday, I was driving around with a friend of mine around 4:00 and smoked a blunt. 7:30 rolls around, we left to go meet a couple people. I ment to stop to pick up cigs at the store so i busted a u-turn. I was then pulled over the police. i wasnt even afraid cause i wasnt "high" nor had anything on me.. Well just my luck my friend was arrested for possession of .5 gram of weed he didnt even know he had in his pocket and i was arrested to D.U.I. My car was impounded and i went to jail for the night. Then i was taken to the hospital by the police. (and i felt stupid cause i had to wear hancuffs all around the E.R) and they told me if i smoked weed with in the past 28 days that i will still dui. Is that true? i didnt feel one bit under the influ. the police dept. told me any messurable amount of drugs in your system in dui. so i guess im guilty? It was in Pennsylvania so i guess their laws are more strict there or something? i had to pay 300 dollors to get my car back and also the k-9 drug dogs got mud and dirt all over the inside of my car, not including the scratches they left. (no drugs were found). I was never read my rights when i was arrested and i never got a phone call...the only time i was offered the phone was to "help them find drugs" they wanted me to call people to see if they would bring tones of weed to sell to me...i told the cops to kiss my ass

that sucks dude.

i wasnt high and i dont even drink at all...thats what sucks

The DUID (driving under the influence of drugs) laws I've seen have been pretty horrible. Most of them basically say if you have any measurable quantity of drugs in your system you are indeed under the influence. NORML recently updated their site with DUID information so just go there and click your state. These laws are new for the most part and, as should be obvious, go way overboard so you should have some wiggle room with an attorney.

well if YOU were arrested, you could get off since you werent read your rights

Not normally one to critisize people on here, but as a rule, I never smoke and drive anywhere. Basically you're just asking for it.

Not trying to be an ass, but how many times have you heard of people busted in their homes as opposed to the number of people who were out riding around?

Again, it really sucks that the laws in place in todays society allow this type of BS to happen, but if you know the law is against us, why put yourself right out in front of it?

Sorry man.

you werent read your rights - get a lawyer and go to the judge and tell him that, your case will be thrown out.

and a piss test doesnt even make sense for things like that, they should be taking a blood test to see if u were high at the time, not a piss test

Why did they search you, your friend and your car in the first place? Did they give you a reason? Did they ask you if they could?

"they didn't read me my rights" is not going to work. It's messed up... but it comes down to your word against theirs.

yea i guess if you gave consent its your own fault you got the dui, can't really change that

man get a lawyer! first you were pulled over for a illeagal u-turn, thats not probable cause! you should never give consent but you were clean and had nothing on you! i think with a lawyer you can get the case throw out, save you money your licence and drug classes shit might be your impound fee back(not likly), dont roll over for them fight back!