Marijuana DUI Bill Rejected in Committee
Marijuana DUI Bill Rejected in Committee

A bill allowing trace amounts of metabolites associated with marijuana use in a persons blood prove guilt of Driving Under the Influence was rejected by an Assembly committee and is now dead. Americans for Safe Access- Nevada County Chair…
A bill allowing trace amounts of metabolites associated with marijuana use in a persons blood prove guilt of Driving Under the Influence was rejected by an Assembly committee and is now dead. Americans for Safe Access- Nevada County Chair Patricia Smith says that the AB 2500 was completely unreasonable even after raising the limit.
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Smith says the test identifies that you have used marijuana, but the test does not measure current state of the driver.
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This is the second time this year that a bill of this nature has been halted. Smith says there a number of bills effecting medicinal marijuana in the legislature at this time that Americans for Safe Access is monitoring.
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