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veggie

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Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado
#14426615 - 05/09/11 08:13 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado May 9, 2011 - Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — The nation's most liberal driving-while-high standards have been rejected by the Colorado Senate, even as lawmakers sign off on other regulations about medical marijuana.
The Senate narrowly rejected a pot DUI proposal Monday that would have set a driving impairment standard of 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood. THC is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
That would have been the country's most liberal limit and was approved by the House. But medical marijuana advocates and some Republicans opposed it, saying there isn't enough research on the matter to set a limit.
Senators gave preliminary approval to a separate bill banning synthetic marijuana known as "Spice" or "K2." Lawmakers also approved new regulations for selling medical marijuana.
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: veggie]
#14426634 - 05/09/11 08:18 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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It seems there is sanity in Colorado.
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: destructo_low]
#14426855 - 05/09/11 08:56 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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This isn't over just yet. Give it some time...
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: FleshCap]
#14427294 - 05/09/11 10:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Why can't cops just do a simple sobriety test on those they think are stoned?
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Da_Vine
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unless your an idiot you should be able to function properly while driving high. i actually drive much safer high.
all the symptoms of being high on weed are coincidental.. you could just be exhausted or have red eyes due to allergies.
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: Da_Vine]
#14427652 - 05/10/11 12:02 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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The nation's most liberal driving-while-high standards
Pure propaganda, trying to get people to think you can be uber fucked up and not be accountable. This policy is in no way liberal, the main difference is the fact that you actually have to reach a given level of THC in order to be considered intoxicated, whereas elsewhere any level >0 means you're legally intoxicated.
Propaganda!
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: 5-HT2A]
#14427656 - 05/10/11 12:05 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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How is this determined? I know that if your a heavy pot smoker you'll test positive for weed even after 40 days or so if you don't do something to detox like taking antioxidants or excercising.
So could you theoretically be convicted for a DWI if your sober but had been smoking a week before?
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: PMATL]
#14427867 - 05/10/11 01:25 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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So much animosity and negativety. I say, if you die, it's your fault. Don't blow my high, don't wast my time, wampa wampa beat let me take my....
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: Alienscience]
#14427872 - 05/10/11 01:28 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Awesome news.
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: FleshCap]
#14428476 - 05/10/11 06:40 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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FleshCap said: This isn't over just yet. Give it some time...
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Quote:
Rabid Jelly Bean said: Why can't cops just do a simple sobriety test on those they think are stoned?
That's fine, but discriminates against those that use cannabis for a disability/disabilities or debilitating conditions that hinders/hinder their ability to pass a field sobriety test...
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: 420Experience]
#14429396 - 05/10/11 11:28 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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How do they plan on testing for THC roadside? Piss, blood...?
Needless to say this whole deal seems just a little impractical
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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: Superide]
#14429852 - 05/10/11 01:25 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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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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Re: Driving-while-high bill fails in Colorado [Re: batman returns]
#14430284 - 05/10/11 03:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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yesss i was hoping for this shit to never happen ....you damm mongolians ..stop breaking my shhity wal..
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