Comments on: Prohibition Hi-Tech Tool: Just Another Anti-Marijuana Silver Bullet?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:01:31 +0000

I wonder how this would affect states like NJ that have “Being Under the Influence” laws, where it’s a crime just HAVE DRUGS IN YOUR SYSTEM, not only to be in possession or DUI? I see HUGE potential for abuse there.

By: CO: Colorado may set limits for driving after marijuana use - Marijuana.com

CO: Colorado may set limits for driving after marijuana use - Marijuana.com — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:25:18 +0000

[...] amount of metabolites in your saliva/ blood may still not show actual impairment. Prohibition Hi-Tech Tool: Just Another Anti-Marijuana Silver Bullet? The chart above shows that a blood test or saliva test will show metabolites for four days,much [...]

By: Dave K

Dave K — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:30:12 +0000

Last night a close friend went on an errand in a bad part of Phoenix and was stopped for a burned out headlight on her car. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder some years ago and now takes several different medications to keep the disorder in check as well as a thyroid medication. The medicines have caused a slight tremor in her hands which is aggravated when she has too much coffee or when she is nervous. Well, to make a long story short, she was cuffed, her car was searched and she was forced to give blood to be tested for drugs in order not to lose her license for a year. Her car is being impounded for 30 days while the drug test is completed. The cop accused her of being stoned on marijuana. This is someone that I have known very well and watched attend AA regularly for over twenty years. I know that she is vehemently opposed to marijuana because I have tried unsuccessfully to convince her of the utility of medical marijuana on over a dozen different occasions. This is someone that is not capable of smoking cannabis at this point in her life. Apparently if you have even the slightest of motor impairments or have ever had a senior moment think twice about driving in Phoenix. The Phoenix police appear to be using criteria to determine whether a person is stoned that have nothing to do with being stoned and that are likely to misidentify many people. While it is true that she will most likely be vindicated she has become another victim of the War on Drugs. Even an accusation is devastating to a mother trying to raise two girls on $1,100 per month from a railroad pension.

By: CA: Calif. Chamber: Pot Law Would Allow Smoking At Work - Page 2 - Marijuana.com

CA: Calif. Chamber: Pot Law Would Allow Smoking At Work - Page 2 - Marijuana.com — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:49:46 +0000

[...] Posted by claygooding Prohibition Hi-Tech Tool: Just Another Anti-Marijuana Silver Bullet? What we don't know for sure is if this device can show the exact amount of time since you [...]

By: CA: Calif. Chamber: Pot Law Would Allow Smoking At Work - Marijuana.com

CA: Calif. Chamber: Pot Law Would Allow Smoking At Work - Marijuana.com — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:14:50 +0000

[...] frame of your work schedule. As of now, I doubt they can do that (tell me if I'm wrong though). Prohibition Hi-Tech Tool: Just Another Anti-Marijuana Silver Bullet? What we don't know for sure is if this device can show the exact amount of time since you [...]

By: NorthernLights

NorthernLights — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:29:13 +0000

I think driving impaired no matter what you’re on or what you’re doing is just an illogical full with unhealthy risks (mainly death). However if this new test could be implemented in the right ways such as testing for current impairment for roads and employers; it could be a great leap forward for ending this silly prohibition. We all know what’s actually going to happen though, it’s clearly happened in the small town of Kodiak Alaska and many other places. That is, the greater the ability to catch a felon, the greater the force gets paid, thus the more they work towards pulling in the highest net profit catches. I’m not saying that they won’t be doing they’re jobs, just saying they’ll be focusing more on the wrong areas for profiteering reasons.

By: kittykatcher

kittykatcher — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:58:17 +0000

I’m a forty somthing truck driver been driving for about 28 years never had a ticket or accident about eight yeers ago got called for a random test while i was laid off (dec 18th) tested jan 3rd failed three days later had to see SAP (substanc abuse proffesional) was told had to pay $589 and three days of counsuling then test before returnig to work in the spring (end of april).walked in paid my money then i was tested on the spot.of course failed agin.the SAP then told me i had the wrong drug of choice as a driver i should be doing coke its out of my system in about three days where as pot has a half life of 14 days now the cost of couseling was $6,800 & eight weeks of eight hour a day counseling &60 months of twice monthly testing at my expence $75 each. I said no &the SAP told me i would loose my benefits and never be able to drive agin if i didnt compley.(threats of none complience)the following spring i went to work for another company have been there until august of this year (not drug related) passing the pre-hire & randoms at will now while searching for another job if this information is found (10 years of employment history )i will not only have to compley (probably at a higer cost now)I will have to submit to a strip search and a direct observed test(someone watching the urin come from my penis into the cup). i don’t think even a fellon has to submit to that much intrusion of privacy during their test, if this new test can stop that &let me smoke my bud on my own time without testing positive eight hours later i say bring it out now!!!!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:10:51 +0000

I don’t think this is a bad thing. As you pointed out, it kind of destroys an argument being resorted to against legalization by many, and also, let’s not kid ourselves— we realistically want CONTROLLED legalization. Part of this control is not being allowed to drive while intoxicated. Right?

By: NeuroGenesis1:29

NeuroGenesis1:29 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:59:35 +0000

#78 Chris Orr Says:
August 16th, 2009 at 3:53 pm

Thanks phillips for this shit, and congratulations on losing a potential customer for any of your products, forever.

RE: Chris,
- You’ve got this SO WRONG!!!
Don’t you understand the “plus-side”
of THIS technology???
…It’s even mentioned in the article,
(IF you read it COMPLETELY!!!).

- UNLIKE hair-tests, pee-tests,
(which don’t indicate present-use,
only ANCIENT, INACTIVE METABOLITES
from weeks prior…),
this handy little device indicates
more-immediate RECENT-USE,
(functions like a “breathalizer” does,
EXCEPT it’s for pot…).

- One LESS EXCUSE for keeping pot illegal,
(DUID-impairment can be more-accurately determined),

- A nail-in-the-coffin for “zero-tolerance”,
“per-se” DUID-laws”

- The Philips device measures ACTUAL THC,
more easily correlated with present-impairment,
(whereas urine-tests have ZERO-VALIDITY
in light of this…),
and can be LEGALLY CHALLENGED,
(since pee-tests unfairly label a person
as “impaired”, when they’re actually not).

By: NeuroGenesis1:29

NeuroGenesis1:29 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:47:57 +0000

Not to be mean or anything,
but what-if…

- Passing a cannabis “sobriety-test”
were contingent upon correctly spelling
all words in a typewritten-entry or post;
(and one would even be allowed to “cheat” on the
spelling-test, by using a dictionary / word list).

- Under these conditions,
how many of us would pass…???

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Cannabinoids PROMOTE NEUROGENESIS!!!
(and VICE-VERSA!!!)

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Word to Michael Phelps:
Pot-APOLOGETICS,
not…
pot-apologies!!!