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Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado
    #14338976 - 04/23/11 03:13 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado
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A Denver Westword medical marijuana reviewer played a role in the apparent overhaul of Colorado's first-ever law to limit stoned driving when he used his own blood to demonstrate the fallacy of the proposed law's limits.

On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to gut HB 11-1261, the “THC DUI” bill. The Committee decided the issue needed more study, amending the bill to remove all the language about a THC DUI limit.

The proposed study still needs several more final approvals, but Kathleen Chippi at the Cannabis Therapy Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado said in an e-mail Tuesday that patient advocates had “scored a victory." Chippi also saluted the activist journalism efforts of Westword pot reviewer William Breathes, whose blood became proof positive on the committee floor Monday.

Breathes abstained from pot for sixteen hours, confirmed his sobriety with a medical doctor, and took a blood test. On April 18, Breathes wrote that his sober blood test results showed nearly three times more THC in his system than the proposed DUI limit. Chippie believes the story definitely had an effect on the committee. It backed up several federal studies showing the proposed limit made no sense.

Lawyers have said sober medical marijuana patients, some of whom have HIV, and cancer, could be sent to jail under the HB 1261 — which is now just a study, really.

Republican sponsor Sen. Steve King of Mesa County wasn't happy about the bill's reversal of fortune . He told the Associated Press Monday, “It's a study at the risk of lives. ... Innocent people will die.”

According to NHTSA, 33,808 people died on America's roads last year. About 10,839 of those who died had a blood alcohol content of .08 or more. NHTSA doesn't track THC in road fatalities. It's expensive and they're rare


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: bigmike7104]
    #14339052 - 04/23/11 03:30 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

How can they even try to compare alcohol related deaths on the road to THC related deaths.


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Big Worm]
    #14339105 - 04/23/11 03:40 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

very happy this is being scrapped


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Big Worm]
    #14339280 - 04/23/11 04:15 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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How can they even try to compare alcohol related deaths on the road to THC related deaths.



Because otherwise they would have to admit that maybe, just maybe, they are wrong.


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: bigmike7104]
    #14339722 - 04/23/11 05:39 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Science trumps politics.  Cause for celebration.  Perhaps, just PERHAPS we are seeing the beginnings of rational reasoning applied to previously proscribed substances.

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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Nature Boy]
    #14339734 - 04/23/11 05:41 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Woot woot! :awedance:


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Joolz]
    #14339773 - 04/23/11 05:49 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

CO FTW


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Nature Boy]
    #14339913 - 04/23/11 06:22 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Science trumps politics.




Yeah, imagine that. I'm surprised the opposition didn't trot out the tired old "think of the children" argument.


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Le_Canard]
    #14341995 - 04/24/11 03:03 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Real glad to hear this. I'm out here and I got a buddy who caught one of these charges. He hadn't smoked since the day before and it ended up getting him probation when he's got his mmj card.


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Le_Canard]
    #14342414 - 04/24/11 07:35 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Thanks be to god. I was worried about that one.


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: bigmike7104]
    #14342794 - 04/24/11 09:55 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: EntheogenicPeace]
    #14342886 - 04/24/11 10:24 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Republican sponsor Sen. Steve King of Mesa County wasn't happy about the bill's reversal of fortune . He told the Associated Press Monday, “It's a study at the risk of lives. ... Innocent people will die.”




What an idiot. In other words, "Scientific knowledge is dangerous & will kill people, so we shouldn't pursue it; better to be content with ignorance."




I love how he says innocent people will die like medical marijuana users are guilty.


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: destructo_low]
    #14343098 - 04/24/11 11:20 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

yea it's pretty stupid he doesn't care that innocent people would be arrested.


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Le_Canard]
    #14343797 - 04/24/11 02:44 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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I'm surprised the opposition didn't trot out the tired old "think of the children" argument.




They essentially did.

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It's a study at the risk of lives. ... Innocent people will die.




Fortunately, Colorado hates children.


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Ziggen]
    #14430313 - 05/10/11 03:20 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

steve king needs to get hit by a stoned driver          :smoking:


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: LuigisDeathRace]
    #14430696 - 05/10/11 04:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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steve king needs to get hit by a stoned driver          :smoking:




I know there is a joke in there somewhere so instead you get this.


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Re: Reporter's Blood Helps Gut "THC DUI" Bill in Colorado [Re: Le_Canard]
    #14430881 - 05/10/11 05:21 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Nature Boy said:
Science trumps politics.




Yeah, imagine that. I'm surprised the opposition didn't trot out the tired old "think of the children" argument.




It's a safe bet they did.


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