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Colorado THC/DUI Bill Revived
#14422607 - 05/08/11 11:38 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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For immediate release, May 8, 2011
Contact: Cannabis Therapy Institute 1-877-420-4205
Colorado House Bill 11-1261, the THC/DUI bill, has been revived, with only 3 days left in Colorado's 2011 Legislative session. This is sad news for medical marijuana patients, who will become targets for increased THC/DUI arrests and prosecution and suspension of their drivers licenses.
HB1261 had been amended by the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 18 to create a task force to study whether there was scientific evidence that THC causes impairment. However, on Friday (5/6) the Senate Appropriations Committee removed the study language from the bill, reverting to the version of HB1261 that passed the House on March 23. http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2011A/csl.nsf/BillFoldersHouse?openFrameset
The bill now needs only to be voted on by the full Senate twice (Second and Third Readings) to pass. The 2011 Colorado Legislative Session ends at midnight on May 11. All bills will be decided one way or another by this time.
Senator Morgan Carroll (D-Aurora), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee who sponsored the study language, confirmed to CTI by email that the original bill was back in play. Senator Morgan Carroll wrote: "It is true. They pulled out the amendment we put on in judiciary, it is back to the original bill, and it appears we do not have the votes (in the Senate) to kill it."
HB1261 seeks to ban patients from driving privileges by setting a limit on THC in the blood that most patients will always exceed. Any driver with an amount of THC over 5 nanograms/milliliter in their blood will be considered impaired and guilty of DUI per se and subject to loss of their driver's license and other criminal penalties. This will greatly impact patients, because many of them will test over that limit due to their chronic use, but not be impaired.
For example, Westword reporter and marijuana patient William Breathes had his blood drawn to prove that a patient would be above the 5ng/mL limit even when sober. His THC blood content, after 16 hours of fasting, was 13.5 nanograms, well over the 5ng limit. Yet he was completely unimpaired. http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/04/thc_blood_test_pot_critic_william_breathes_3_times_over_limit_sober.php
*Business Owners and Caregivers Unite to Defeat HB1261* The Cannabis Therapy Institute is calling for a phone and email campaign to the General Assembly, lead by every MMC applicant and caregiver in the state, on behalf of their patients. Since this bill is a direct attack on the MMC customer base, CTI hopes that MMC business owners who have stayed out of cannabis politics for the whole year, will use the last three days of the session to mount a last-ditch campaign to defeat this bill. Please copy info@cannabistherapyinstitue.com on any emails you or your patients send, so that you can get full credit for participating in the campaign to kill HB1261. Patients support businesses that support patients!
Email the General Assembly and ask the to VOTE NO on HB1261 or amend it to the Senate Judiciary Committee version, which asked for a study to prove there was scientific evidence that THC causes impairment.
CONTACT GENERAL ASSEMBLY Click here for spreadsheets and email lists: http://www.cannabistherapyinstitute.com/advocacy/contact.colorado.state.legislature.html
Make sure you copy info@cannabistherapyinstitute.com on any email correspondence you send or receive.
TALKING POINTS - HB1261 is unfair to medical marijuana patients and will force patients back on prescription medications that do not have nanogram levels and are not routinely tested for by the police. - HB1261 will require a "forced blood draw", forcing anyone suspected of driving under the influence of THC to submit to a blood draw forced by the state. Currently, alcohol levels can be tested through urine, breath or blood. But under the THC/DUI bill, the nanogram count can only come from a forced blood draw. - The sponsor of HB1261, Rep. Claire Levy (D-Boulder) admits that she cannot point to one single accident caused solely by marijuana and that the research on setting a nanogram limit as evidence of impairment is "all over the place."
WATCH LIVE ONLINE HB1261 is scheduled for a debate on the floor of the Senate on May 10, starting sometime after 9am. You can watch live video: http://www.coloradochannel.net/
GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOME PAGE http://www.leg.state.co.us/
LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP MEETING Wed., May 11, 2011 Casselman's Bbatman returnsar and Venue 2620 Walnut Street, Denver, CO 80205 Legalize 2012 Monthly Networking Meeting Medical Marijuana Legal Panel 7:00pm to 9:00pm: Legislative Wrapup: The legislative session ends on May 11. Find out what the new laws mean for you. Get the opinions of Colorado's top attorneys, including Danyel Joffe, Craig Small, Ann Toney, Leonard Frieling and Rob Corry! Free and open to the public.
--- Provided as a Public Service by the: Cannabis Therapy Institute P.O. Box 19084, Boulder, CO 80308 Phone: 877-420-4205 Web: www.cannabistherapyinstitute.com Email: info@cannabistherapyinstitute.com
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Disgusting. No doubt about where this senator gets her campaign funding.
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mindspin
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Re: Colorado THC/DUI Bill Revived [Re: 5-HT2A]
#14422919 - 05/09/11 01:35 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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5-HT2A said: Disgusting. No doubt about where this senator gets her campaign funding.
Not to be an asshole and call you out, but I think the senator you're talking about was simply the messenger in this instance. She said, (paraphrase) "We don't have enough senators on our side to kill it."
In any case, that's not what matters. I am a resident of this great state, but this is beginning a somewhat slippery slope in empowering the 'justice' (prison) system. I hope that the legislative bodies protect our freedoms.
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Re: Colorado THC/DUI Bill Revived [Re: mindspin]
#14423009 - 05/09/11 02:31 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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wellllll thats downright fucked. they have fuckin PROOF that their ng/mL limit is retarded. how can they just IGNORE FACTS and impose some old as shit GUESSTIMATION limit pulled from their saggy grey haired asses?
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Re: Colorado THC/DUI Bill Revived [Re: shopdropper]
#14423124 - 05/09/11 03:58 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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For example, Westword reporter and marijuana patient William Breathes had his blood drawn to prove that a patient would be above the 5ng/mL limit even when sober. His THC blood content, after 16 hours of fasting, was 13.5 nanograms, well over the 5ng limit. Yet he was completely unimpaired.
thats completely fucked.
Im moving to colorado in a week and a half, and i have dreads down to my mid-back. they're always going to think im high, and the forced blood draw pisses me off. im going to get it drawn multiple times a week if its as bad as i think it is.
fuck that shit. after a month my arms would look like im a heroin junkie. fuck. that. shit.
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#14423983 - 05/09/11 10:51 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Scudreloaded
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Re: Colorado THC/DUI Bill Revived [Re: mikehauncho]
#14424066 - 05/09/11 11:09 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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i can understand where they can think that weed can impair some people's driving limits. some people it does and others it doesn't, plan and simple. but there has to be a way to determine if a person is on it rather than it just being in there body system. THC can last up to a month in some indivuduals. JUST FUCKING MAKE IT LEGAL YOU MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!!
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Re: Colorado THC/DUI Bill Revived [Re: Scudreloaded]
#14424299 - 05/09/11 12:03 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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is fucking ridiculous how this fucking pigs and congress tards keep coming up with this ironically bills still to fucked the ones who CHOOSE a different lifestyle from them. its all tricky puzzle that cant be completed cuz they keep talking some pieces away. Maybe will get to set rules to this motherfuckers in the next realm.
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For immediate release, May 9, 2011
Contact: Cannabis Therapy Institute 1-877-420-4205
THC/DUI Bill Killed
The Colorado Senate voted on Monday night to kill HB1261, the THC/DUI bill, in its entirety, scoring a huge victory for patients nationwide. According to the Denver Post, the bill cannot be brought up again this session. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_18028238
Earlier today, it looked like the bill was sure to pass. Sen. Morgan Carroll said in an interview today that law enforcement was lobbying heavily in favor of it. Sen. Carroll didn't think the Democrats had the votes to kill the bill. http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/05/thc_driving_limits_bill_back_william_breathes_blood_test.php
The death of the bill did not come easy, and its last minutes were filled with high stakes political drama, as law enforcement lobbyists scrambled to snatch up last minute votes on the Senate floor.
On the first attempt to vote on it, the bill was laid over until the fiscal note could be presented. This gave the lobbyists more time. The Fiscal Note was retrieved less than an hour later, and the Senate attempted another vote on the bill.
First, they voted whether or not to insert the study recommended by the Senate Judiciary Committee back into the bill, and reject ed the 5 ng THC/DUI per se law. On a voice vote, the Senate voted to adopt the study and reject the 5ng THC/DUI per se law.
This amazing reversal of the language was surprising even to the Senate chair, who said "the chair is in doubt" as to which side won in the voice vote. The Senate chair then asked the members against HB1261 to stand. The chair then pronounced, "More than 18 having arisen, HB1261 fails."
About 15 minutes later, there was a last ditch attempt to revive the bill by Senators Boyd and King by an Amendment from the Committee of the Whole to reverse the vote that just happened. This time, the chair called for a roll vote. The Senate voted 20 to 15 not to revive HB1261. So, now the bill is killed, and cannot be revived any more this session, in any form.
"This is a huge victory for patients, who fought to uphold their rights with hundreds of letters and phone calls," says Laura Kriho, spokesperson for the Cannabis Therapy Institute, which led the fight against HB1261.
Kriho credits Corey Donahue, of a group called "Crazy for Justice", for helping kill the bill. "Corey spent the whole day down at the Capitol today trying to educate the Senators. His effort was an enormous help," says Kriho. "The Senate got pressure from everywhere. Thanks to all those who helped in this effort!"
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YAY! It amazes me how stupid people can be. But apparently theres more smart people in this battle!
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