Legalize it.

[askmrjesus]

It occurs to me, that given our level of technology, a "YOU ARE FUCKING HIGH" detection device, couldn't be that hard to come up with.

Pupil dilation, pulse/breathing rate measurements, some sort of tongue THC swab, etc., can't be that hard to sort out.

Can it?

JC

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

It occurs to me, that given our level of technology, a "YOU ARE FUCKING HIGH" detection device, couldn't be that hard to come up with.

Pupil dilation, pulse/breathing rate measurements, some sort of tongue THC swab, etc., can't be that hard to sort out.

Can it?

JC

There are already tongue swab thc tests. We have had them used on a few guys at work.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

It occurs to me, that given our level of technology, a "YOU ARE FUCKING HIGH" detection device, couldn't be that hard to come up with.

Pupil dilation, pulse/breathing rate measurements, some sort of tongue THC swab, etc., can't be that hard to sort out.

Can it?

I don't know about swabs, but the rest of it would require a biometric baseline of the individual being tested. Any number of conditions could cause a false positive.
Of course, the same can be said of the field sobriety dance.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Well, I don't think keeping anything illegal or making everything legal is going to change that... With this example, he could have been 100% correct and those folks could have all been baked out of their minds...

I'm not arguing against legalization and I don't think this would strengthen that argument anyway. I only intended to point out an issue nobody mentioned. Honestly I could give a fuck if police aren't able to prove impairment. In my view the inability for someone to prove they are sober is a much bigger problem.

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Immediately upon going to the station they should have been tested...... or if they were intelligent they should have demanded one. I mean how long honestly, would someone have been held? The breathalyzer needs to be done right away to be useful.

They were, they weren't charged. They still got pulled over, arrested, cuffed, put in the back of a cop car, and sent to jail. It is still hours spent in a particularly unpleasant situation. Not getting charged is great if you were doing something wrong. Having to get to the point of not being charged sucks ass if you were doing nothing wrong.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by goof2

There is a flip side to that too, how does someone prove they weren't impaired?

Something like 5 years ago there was a cop in Tampa that finally got fired for his habit of failing people on the field sobriety test and sending them to jail. The problem was the people he was arresting were frequently blowing .02 or lower, often .00, when given breathalyzer tests and were ultimately determined to not be impaired. From what I remember this guy had such a hard-on for drunk drivers he basically thought everyone was hammered.

Without a way to disprove impairment you could also be at the mercy of a cop who expects everyone to be an Olympic gymnast or is seeing what he/she wants to see in the field sobriety test.

Immediately upon going to the station they should have been tested...... or if they were intelligent they should have demanded one. I mean how long honestly, would someone have been held? The breathalyzer needs to be done right away to be useful.

[Kaneman]

Happy times my friends.

[RACER X]

while TX

wants to start drug testing for welfare receivers

and stop using welfare for cigs alky and lottery tickets

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[askmrjesus]

Racer X: Disproving the "Asians are smarter than other people" stereotype, one post at a time.

Bravo Sir, BRAVO!

JC

[OneSickPsycho]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7fa4gV06pg

[OneSickPsycho]

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