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Re: New Years Eve - Free Drug Test in Los Angleles
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:07 pm
by cb1000rider
CoffeeNut wrote:Are they forcing tests on everyone at the checkpoint or just those who don't answer the questions coherently? Just curious because I've never been through one.
You have the right to remain silent, unless you're asked a question at a checkpoint.
Seriously, they're going to stop whomever tickles their fancy for whatever reason.
If a DUI stop is "legal" - I really don't have an issue for testing for other *currently intoxicating* drugs. I do have an issue on the legality of a "stop everyone" stop.
A "little" violation of the constitution is still a violation of the constitution. That's how we got where we are with the 2nd amendment.
Re: New Years Eve - Free Drug Test in Los Angleles
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:23 pm
by GrillKing
Jumping Frog wrote:Real-time, roadside drug testing is quite a technology advance. I don't want drivers using cocaine, marijuana, amphetamines, designer amphetamines, opiates, or benzodiazepines any more than I want them driving drunk.
BTW, this is really going to upset the whole "medical" marijuana crowd. I wonder how long they will still test positive? I know from employer drug testing that it takes a couple weeks to clear the system.
Here is the equipment they are using:
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The problem I have with this is the potential for abuse. The presence of a legally prescribed drugs in your system is not an offense. Driving impaired is an offense. You can have detectable amounts of some drugs, legally prescribed and used, long after there is any impairment, days and even weeks after using.
Edited... Changed 'blood' to 'system'.
Re: New Years Eve - Free Drug Test in Los Angleles
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:01 pm
by cb1000rider
So that's what I don't get. The tests for impairment are the same. There isn't a special "pot" test.
If you're impaired, you should be arrested and then blood tested to figure out the cause.
If you're not impaired, why do we have to keep snooping around?