I am not a sports bettor but I welcome the Supreme Court's Ruling today.
I'm just going to spitball something out here for discussion: IMO, if some enterprising young Bill Gates clone or medical instrument company could devise a portable reliable instrument to perform a biological field test for marijuana impairment for motor vehicle drivers then nationwide marijuana legalization would become a reality in very short order. To me, if the "public safety" aspect can be addressed then even the more conservative states would go along with it.
But as this recent NHTSA report I linked below shows, arriving at a reasonable THC "impairment" level and the considerable challenge for developing a biological field test for THC intoxication (to the point of impairment) is daunting. And, there's just not that much law enforcement or medical study data on marijuana impairment. And while it's not addressed in the NHTSA report, law enforcement would probably need cause and a warrant to take a biological test on an individual.
If those considerable barriers could be satisfied, then IMO marijuana legalization becomes a much easier sell to politicians and the public. I think there should be a funded CDC program with that goal in mind.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.d...juana-impaired-driving-report-to-congress.pdf
I like quite a bit of the new prison reform bill currently making it's way through the floor, and I can't help but to think that many marijuana convictions are likely a waste of law enforcement, Court and prison resources.
I'm just going to spitball something out here for discussion: IMO, if some enterprising young Bill Gates clone or medical instrument company could devise a portable reliable instrument to perform a biological field test for marijuana impairment for motor vehicle drivers then nationwide marijuana legalization would become a reality in very short order. To me, if the "public safety" aspect can be addressed then even the more conservative states would go along with it.
But as this recent NHTSA report I linked below shows, arriving at a reasonable THC "impairment" level and the considerable challenge for developing a biological field test for THC intoxication (to the point of impairment) is daunting. And, there's just not that much law enforcement or medical study data on marijuana impairment. And while it's not addressed in the NHTSA report, law enforcement would probably need cause and a warrant to take a biological test on an individual.
If those considerable barriers could be satisfied, then IMO marijuana legalization becomes a much easier sell to politicians and the public. I think there should be a funded CDC program with that goal in mind.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.d...juana-impaired-driving-report-to-congress.pdf
I like quite a bit of the new prison reform bill currently making it's way through the floor, and I can't help but to think that many marijuana convictions are likely a waste of law enforcement, Court and prison resources.
