After midnight (A PSA)

We gonna let it all hang down

Oh great, so now there are going to be nice and lazy?

Better hope word doesn't get out in the states that the Canadian gov't buys your weed if you have a medical card.  Next thing you know, you guys will be talking about "building the wall".  

Has Canada determined how they're going to test for impairment if suspected of driving high? Just curious as that seems to be a big talking point here in the US.

Not really, but people have been doing that for decades and they're only thinking about it now?

They look pretty stupid, IMO

In reply to Suprf1y :

No argument here. I just find the dichotomy between the US and Canada interesting.

https://ocslearn.ca/

I predict increased tourism and a sudden shortage of Doritos

Honest questions:

Canada has really graphic warnings on a Pack of Smokes.  Will the Weeds have similar?  

It is not illegal to add addictive chemicals to Tobacco products (things that make smokes more addictive than just plain tobacco.)  Is it illegal to add the same to Weed?   

In reply to Suprf1y :

Hopefully you and ZW will be a little less grouchy?  :)

Good news:  Despite what they were saying previously, Customs and Border Control in the US now says that it won't ban workers in the Canadian cannabis industry from coming into the US.  There was some hilarity about to ensue when -- considering that the provincial governments are basically in charge of the pot business  -- there was the potential that a premier would be considered the head drug dealer and banned for life from entering the US.

Stefan said:

In reply to Suprf1y :

Hopefully you and ZW will be a little less grouchy?  :)

We're not grumpy, we're just misunderstood

I am happy for this, as now Colorado may go back to being known for its mountains and other attributes instead of "dude, I hear you can get legal weed there".

Suprf1y said:

Stefan said:

In reply to Suprf1y :

Hopefully you and ZW will be a little less grouchy?  :)

We're not grumpy, we're just misunderstood

Riiiight.

Keith Tanner said:

I am happy for this, as now Colorado may go back to being known for its mountains and other attributes instead of "dude, I hear you can get legal weed there".

Hey.  Oregon and Washington have mountains too!  Oh and legal weed, but we have mountains, dammit!  :)

Stefan said:

Keith Tanner said:

I am happy for this, as now Colorado may go back to being known for its mountains and other attributes instead of "dude, I hear you can get legal weed there".

Hey.  Oregon and Washington have mountains too!  Oh and legal weed, but we have mountains, dammit!  :)

And I'm sure they've very nice... ;)

Have you experienced the same thing since legalization?

Keith Tanner said:

Stefan said:

Keith Tanner said:

I am happy for this, as now Colorado may go back to being known for its mountains and other attributes instead of "dude, I hear you can get legal weed there".

Hey.  Oregon and Washington have mountains too!  Oh and legal weed, but we have mountains, dammit!  :)

And I'm sure they've very nice... ;)

Have you experienced the same thing since legalization?

Don't patronize me, meotter boi :)

Actually, no I don't think we've experienced that so much as people are now legally free to do what they already were doing and because of this, some choose to partake as part of their visit to the area.

I'll chug-a-lug and shout, 

but I'll settle for shake my tambourine.

Stefan said:

Keith Tanner said:

Stefan said:

Keith Tanner said:

I am happy for this, as now Colorado may go back to being known for its mountains and other attributes instead of "dude, I hear you can get legal weed there".

Hey.  Oregon and Washington have mountains too!  Oh and legal weed, but we have mountains, dammit!  :)

And I'm sure they've very nice... ;)

Have you experienced the same thing since legalization?

Don't patronize me, meotter boi :)

Actually, no I don't think we've experienced that so much as people are now legally free to do what they already were doing and because of this, some choose to partake as part of their visit to the area.

I wasn't thinking so much of how residents behave - I haven't seen any difference there myself - but how your state is viewed by outsiders. When I meet someone from out of state and they hear I live in CO, I now usually get some sort of weed joke instead of...well, anything. Questions about what it's like to live here (mountains, deserts, snow, skiing, John Denver) were replaced with questions about weed.

Maybe the guys from Seattle are just glad it's no longer jokes about rain.

Suprf1y said:

Not really, but people have been doing that for decades and they're only thinking about it now?

They look pretty stupid, IMO

Not sure about the worry being new or any of that considering in Ohio it's a DUI if your suspected of driving high. Failing or refusing to take a drug test is automatically recorded as a dui. I know a few people without licenses thanks too it.

But there is not a test to see if you are high on weed, is there, aside from subjective means?

dropstep said:

Suprf1y said:

Not really, but people have been doing that for decades and they're only thinking about it now?

They look pretty stupid, IMO

Not sure about the worry being new or any of that considering in Ohio it's a DUI if your suspected of driving high. Failing or refusing to take a drug test is automatically recorded as a dui. I know a few people without licenses thanks too it.

Since weed shows up in employment tests for a long time after it’s smoked I suspect there are already plenty of ways to detect its use for driving.  There may not be a standardized test yet that withstands legal scrutiny rules. But likely that’s a matter for states attorneys General to agree upon. Since so many states are still convinced a joint is the same as  Cocaine and Herion it might be a while before legally impaired becomes defined. 

The issue with drug testing for weed is that it stays in your system for weeks after smoking, so even if you're pulled over stone cold sober you can potentially still fail a drug test. There really isn't a good way to determine whether someone smoked 20 minutes ago or two weeks ago.

Is the phrase "field sobriety test" not a known thing all of the sudden?   There's standardized testing that can be performed to assess imparedness.  And with a trooper's dashcam filming, it would be very hard to argue in court to the contrary.

In reply to pres589 :

Field sobriety tests provide probable cause to arrest (at least in the US.) The BAC level is the evidence used to determine if there is a legal means to charge with DUI or DWI rather than reckless or distracted driving. You're correct that you can't measure THC in the same way.

Which is why I posed the question.

Toebra said:

But there is not a test to see if you are high on weed, is there, aside from subjective means?

It appears that the RCMP has a system -

RCMP Field Sobriety Test