Quote Originally Posted by colagal
That is certainly going to be one of those sticky wickets that will be very controversial. There will probably be more drivers who will be under the influence of both marijuana and alcohol. Kind of scary. Whatever limits they come up with will be somewhat arbitrary and tied into traffic accident records where the driver tests positive for marijuana. A blood level limit was rejected by lawmakers for the third time just this past May. Many people think that the blood standard is an unfair assessment of impairment. I would agree that it depends upon the person. The dilemma is how to "protect and serve" from a law enforcement standpoint? Those drive responsibly ads will no doubt be updated to include marijuana.
Exactly, the blood standard they rejected would basically make you "too high" to operate heavy machinery for 48 hours or so. Even if they relax that standard greatly, would you still drive in a state that allows mandatory stops at police checkpoints? A DUI is very profitable to the state, they will enforce it. Which basically means pot smokers cant drive if they enact such legislation. I think we just opened a huge can of "unintended consequences".