Marijuana: Increased Legalization Means More 'Stress' For Cops

By Dennis Romero Fri., Nov. 16 2012 at 8:04 AM

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Marijuana is becoming more and more legal.

(Thank the lord above, and/or voters in Colorado and Washington).

So how do cops deal with high drivers? That's a complicated one: There's no Breathalyzer for dope smokers, at least as far as we know:

In fact, cops in Washington and Colorado know this and are fretting about DUI laws now that marijuana is completely legal in those states.

According to Fox News (yes, Fox News), even cops in hippy-dippy Denver are scratching their heads regarding when being stoned begins and when DUI ends.

(.08 and 420 don't really equate).

John Jackson, police chief in Greenwood Village, Colorado:

We're going to have more impaired drivers.

Um. Don't you mean "baked drivers." Anyway, we're kind of glad Colorado and Washington are working this stuff out before it gets to California, where everybody is stoned.

[@dennisjromero / djromero@laweekly.com / @LAWeeklyNews]

Tags:

election 2012, legalization, marijuana, medical marijuana

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Billabongin00

I love driving hi, I feel Safer...

simondelao

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Its simple, if you are white and drive like an Asian, you are too fucked up on weed to drive.

c_eugene

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More stress for cops since they actually have to fight crime instead of busting pot smokers.

margarateatwood

Such strange times we live in. It's nice to have more liberty, but then we still have to add more restrictions. How can anyone know if you're driving while high?

PostDeathVictim

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Ban these illicit drugs completely. It only causes crime. L.A. culture is weird. Men sleep with men, and women with women in your post death culture. Any excuse is of Mexican decent.

shankowski

@PostDeathVictim time ta smell the ganja open up yer fuckin eyes. homos suck dick, phobes are in the closet.

PostDeathVictim

Sound cold, but ya'll are shrouded in evil deeds !

You through away your lively hoods over drug trafficking.

The illusion of a cool death subculture is foolish, your populist society deceives

you.

PostDeathVictim

*threw-away*

PostDeathVictim

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@PostDeathVictim Your recurring crime problem is a spiritually based disposition impediment that dates back to ancient times.

roberticusprime

@PostDeathVictim Are you with the @Westboro Baptist Church or something? You certainly enjoy listening, and replying, to yourself...

PostDeathVictim

Just as easily as I mentioned one illusionary name for a race, I also could apply such profiling for a different race or group.

Take your pick of location or region or country.

But since your tweeking L.A. corpse aftermath of a ghost is keeping me up, I'll pin point the voice, it's dialect to its area of recognition, L.A.

knowa1

Please sign the White House petition to let Marc Emery complete his sentence in Canada http://wh.gov/XXp9

abramsrl

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They arrest people for reckless driving. Duh!

If they are not driving poorly, then why arrest them? Aspirin does not make me drive recklessly and no one arrests me. Why should any one be arrested for doing something which does not impair their driving?

thciswack99

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Studies show marijuana drivers are much safer than non smokers.

mylalimo

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actua

Regular stationing of checkpoints seems to have a big impact. Truth is that many people have higher or lower tolerance for alchohol. The line is arbitrary. The only real way to eliminate all forms of dosed driving is to eliminate the human in the equation. When the car drives itself we'll be done with this problem-not before.