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Originally posted by AGDee
2) Too difficult to measure "intoxication" if someone is driving under the influence of marijuana. There's no breathalyzer equivalent. Results of a urine test take too long to get someone off the road right away and don't prove that the person was intoxicated while driving since it stays in your system for 30 days (longer if you're overweight since it's stored in fat cells).
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Up here they do what are known as R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impared Driving Everywhere) checks, basically just spot checks for drunk drivers. This year the Ontario Provincial POlice who perform the majority of RIDE checks have a new system to check for people who are driving stoned, and then eqivicate it to the Blood Alcohol Content scale. I am not sure exactly how it works, but i have seen some press coverage of it lately. Pot smoking is a relativly legal thing here (for a while during the summer it actually was legal), it is in the process of being "decriminalized" and eventually will result in getting a ticket as opposed to jail time etc. I support the legalization, i really don't think a kid wo is 17 and smokes dope should have a record for the rest of his life.