How so you see the laws evolving and becoming more defined in regards to cannabis consumption and driving as more science is being conducted?
In my case, I live with chronic pain. I have reduced my use of narcotics by 85%, other meds by 50%, by being really consisted about marijuana use. This means I consume regularly, carefully around driving needs. I am aware that because I consumed an edible at night before bedtime, and do every night, that a blood test in the morning would reveal thc levels that might indicate intoxication in some people. Even if I am not under the influence of cannabis at the time, because of my regular (safe and legal!) use I would ALWAYS have thc in my blood, likely in levels that could be problematic for me legally. I would have to abstain for a while for that number to come down. I am not willing to do that, and go back on those medications.
This is honestly something I fret about every time I drive.
I served on a jury for a trial for a DUI case with someone under the influence of Cannabis, and it was a bit alarming in regards to my own situation. I will add that I have also participated in a study through CU in Boulder that was establishing the effects of CBD on driving, and hope to continue to help with cannabis science!
The science around cannabis in general is lagging because of decades of prohibition on research, and the law is just doing its best with a decades long paradigm shifting, and lack of good solid statistics and science to really build the rules upon. I don't want to get caught in the middle.
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How so you see the laws evolving and becoming more defined in regards to cannabis consumption and driving as more science is being conducted?
In my case, I live with chronic pain. I have reduced my use of narcotics by 85%, other meds by 50%, by being really consisted about marijuana use. This means I consume regularly, carefully around driving needs. I am aware that because I consumed an edible at night before bedtime, and do every night, that a blood test in the morning would reveal thc levels that might indicate intoxication in some people. Even if I am not under the influence of cannabis at the time, because of my regular (safe and legal!) use I would ALWAYS have thc in my blood, likely in levels that could be problematic for me legally. I would have to abstain for a while for that number to come down. I am not willing to do that, and go back on those medications.
This is honestly something I fret about every time I drive.
I served on a jury for a trial for a DUI case with someone under the influence of Cannabis, and it was a bit alarming in regards to my own situation. I will add that I have also participated in a study through CU in Boulder that was establishing the effects of CBD on driving, and hope to continue to help with cannabis science!
The science around cannabis in general is lagging because of decades of prohibition on research, and the law is just doing its best with a decades long paradigm shifting, and lack of good solid statistics and science to really build the rules upon. I don't want to get caught in the middle.
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