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Lyena
Leopard Day Thief



Registered: 10/09/02
Posts: 702
Loc: Los Angeles
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Re: anyone ever get a DWI for being high? [Re: mikeytro]
#7816778 - 12/31/07 11:50 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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you won't get pulled over for being stoned, if your driving ability isn't so affected as you say. you'd have to make some sort of mistake to get pulled over first. unless you're known for having the local "felony car"!
before i was medical i got pulled over right after smoking two joints but it was for not signaling long enough before turning (and the cop knew me from an incident the night before involving the so-called felony car)
i had 3 pipes laying between me and the passenger and i'm sure i must have looked stoned then he asked me if i'd been smoking at all and i told him not since in the morning (it was 11pm)
and then nothing really happened. i did get a ticket for not having a license, passenger got a ticket for having the weed in his pocket. i think i got way lucky though. i think my car was at least was supposed to been impounded.
in most places though, when you get your license you sign something saying that basically agrees that if pulled over and asked to take a breath or chemical test, you'll do it, and if you refuse the fines are bumped way up among other things..
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CMACD
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Re: anyone ever get a DWI for being high? [Re: Lyena]
#7816992 - 12/31/07 12:55 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I THINK that in Canada they can't really take you away for DUI if it's pot-related. There is no "legal limit" as to how much pot has to be flowing through your blood for you to be officially intoxicated. I've heard that they had to let a guy drive away after giving him a caution to appear in court, cause he was smoking the joint as he was getting pulled over. If they were going to piss/blood test you, you'd have a pretty solid argument in court that the positive test could have been from any of the last 2 months of cannabis use.
However, I've been hearing that there's this goofball at the local university that's close to inventing a way to test for cannabis intoxication, and will probably patient it up and send it out to D/\_|>0|_1C3
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allreadyused
The Liquor



Registered: 09/10/07
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Re: anyone ever get a DWI for being high? [Re: CMACD]
#7818037 - 12/31/07 06:25 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I know a guy who got a DUI for weed. He got pulled over shortly after smoking for driving erratically. As he's getting pulled over he hides the bag under one of his fat rolls. The cop comes up and asks him if he's been drinking. He tells the cop the truth "No I'm high." Cop has him get out to give him a sobriety test and the bag falls out from his fat roll. He gets arrested for driving under the influence of marijuana and possession. He lost his license for a few months.
I know another guy who got busted in Florida for a pot DUI. He got pulled over for speeding and the car reeked of pot because they just got done smoking a blunt. The passenger ate the blunt roach as they got pulled over so they didn't find anything illegal. But they took the driver and gave him a blood test and he got charged with DUI.
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d4a2n0k
The Dude


Registered: 07/23/03
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Re: anyone ever get a DWI for being high? [Re: allreadyused]
#7818060 - 12/31/07 06:35 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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A friend of mine did. He failed the sobriety test though. They gave him the Breathalyzer test and he passed, but the cop took him in and charged him be cause he was obviously messed up. He was on a bunch of xanax and was stumbling when trying to walk a straight line.
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forevadazin
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Re: anyone ever get a DWI for being high? [Re: d4a2n0k]
#7818214 - 12/31/07 07:35 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I got a DWI like 4 years ago for blazing and driving. I was out with this girl for the 3rd time or something and we decided to go into a back section of a state park to blaze after dark. We're back in the middle of the woods smokin in my truck and then I see the headlights.
I started my truck and started driving out after stashing my pipe under the seat. Well, of course it was a cop, I get pulled over and he comes up to the truck and there is still a bunch of smoke coming out the window. They found a gram on me, not the pipe, and took me for a blood test.
Ended up the cop didn't show for court and I technically drove 10 feet so more then likely it would of gotten thrown out. But in the end walked out with a Disorderly Conduct and a 275 dollar fine
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