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To: Brumar89 who wrote (687100)	12/4/2012 12:09:57 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583405

>> Of the 1,300 drivers stopped at checkpoints statewide who voluntarily submitted to a breath and/or saliva sample, 7.4 percent tested positive for marijuana and 14 percent for some type of drug, while 7.3 percent tested positive for alcohol, according to the survey. You realize that you cannot conclude AT ALL that these people were in any way impaired by these drugs based on this? If I smoked marijuana today I might well test positive for it a month from now. Some other drugs have shorter half-lives but still stay in your system far longer than alcohol. These are bogus statistics. The approach mentioned in the article, of involving a drug recognition expert, is logical as a police officer who hasn't been extensively trained in drug recognition probably cannot establish whether a person is under the influence of or impaired by a drug at all, or what type of drug that is -- and whether it is a street drug or an Rx medication (it is, of course, DUI regardless of the status of the drug). But they haven't done this in CA to date. Given the number of people who smoke marijuana on a monthly basis it is no surprise that 14% tested positive for some drug. But testing positive and being impaired are two totally different things. This is one of those areas where rightwingers are going to have to get their heads on straight; persons driving impaired should not be tolerated. But fiddling in people's private lives to support the entrenched, corrupt law enforcement system is not a cause rational people should be for.