• Anivia@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    given that there isn’t any objective way to prove someone’s high and not just having consumed within a couple days

    You can do blood tests for THC, which are a reliable measure.

    You are probably thinking of THC-COOH urine or saliva tests, which indeed will show positive for days or even weeks after you are already sober again, since THC-COOH is a metabolite of THC that takes very long to break down and does not have psychoactive properties

    Just do it how Canada does it, they have a very reasonable cut-off value for THC blood concentration that even regular consumers with a tolerance for THC won’t surpass while sober again

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      You can, but did they in the cases in question?

      Going forward, it’s a good thing that a method exists to test if someone actually is driving high.

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        Oh, I’m sure lots of them were wrongfully committed based on inaccurate urine tests or field sobriety tests, no doubt about that