Quote Originally Posted by sboman
I agree with you, I think this DUI provision is fucking ridiculous. However I can't see how they could possibly enforce it, many are echoing this same sentiment. If you're too stoned you've actually given a LEO probable cause, you shouldn't be driving anyway. If case you're unfamiliar how probable cause works in a traffic stop, in order to be stopped solely for that you must build up "points". Touching the center line is a point, swerving is a point, riding without headlights is 3 points. Once you reach a certain limit, you get pulled over. I really hope you're not so stoned, you're going to get pulled over. Let's say hell freezes over, and you get charged with a DUI for 13ng/L... fight it in court. I have heavy doubts an MMJ patient is actually going to get convicted by a jury, that's irrational, you'd always have THC in your blood.
"I smell pot".....probable cause. You show them your "legal" bag of weed....probable cause. You show them your medical cannabis card....probable cause. They can do this shit now, but now they have to prove you were actually impaired. Under I-502 they won't have to. Your blood will do that for them.

"Per se" means "in and of itself".....you are guilty if you have 5ng in your system....period...end of story. If you are under 21, you only need a trace amount in your system. That joint you smoked at a party last week is still hanging around in your blood for up to 30 days according to the latest studies. I'm absolutely unimpaired as I'm writing this, but, as a patient, I know I'm at more than 3 times the legal limit under I-502. This IS the "new prohibition". You can possess pot....as long as it's not in your blood system. And you will NEVER know how much is in your system at any point in time, but you'll think your safe because you know you're not impaired....until they haul you off to jail. You will have NO DEFENSE....not in front of a jury or anyone else. If it's in your blood....you're automatically guilty and can't argue that you weren't impaired with a per se limit. You're screwed. And that's what they want.

The Washington State Patrol has already requested an additional $2,000,000 for "training" their officers to handle all the new DUID cases, should I-502 pass. It's in the fiscal note that's attached to the initiative. Why do they need to spend all this money on "training" when they already know how to arrest impaired drivers? Simple....to train them to be able to defend all the new probable cause excuses that they'll be using on you when you go to court.

Steve Sarich
Spokesman
NO ON I-502 Committee