Oh, sweet Trayvon™ was -- possibly -- high the night he died?

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Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer, had the drug THC in his system the night of this death, according to new information obtained by ABC News.

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The autopsy report shows traces of the drug THC, which is found in marijuana, in Martin's blood and urine.

Not metabolites, but THC itself?

The distinction is important. THC itself is metabolized within a few hours by the body; you cease being "high" when the THC has been processed. What remains, and is typically detected by cheap drug tests, are the metabolites of THC -- that is, the chemical byproducts that your body winds up with when it breaks down THC.

Those byproducts can stay in your system for a month or more, which is why you can get "busted" for smoking a joint two weeks ago on a drug screen.

But assuming the actual substance THC was found in the tox screen then we have a different situation -- Trayvon was probably actively high at the time he got into the altercation.

Why is this important? It's critically important! If you're drug-addled then you are not in your right mind -- by definition. And that, in turn, means your judgment is impaired. And one of the more-common side effects of marijuana use is paranoia. Maybe enough paranoia to lead you to attack someone who you think -- without any reasonable belief -- is "out to get you"?

Oh, and as for the witness statement who actually saw the assault?

One resident told the investigator that he heard a commotion and when he investigated, "he witnessed a black male, wearing a dark colored "hoodie" on top of a white or Hispanic male who was yelling for help. He elaborated by stating that black male was mounted on the white or Hispanic male and throwing punches "MMA (mixed martial arts) style." He stated he yelled out to the two individuals that he was going to call the police. He then heard a "pop." He stated that after hearing the "pop," he observed the person he had previously observed on top of the other person (the black male wearing the hoodie) laid out on the grass.

Gee, Trayvon was mounted on Zimmerman and punching him "Mixed Martial Arts" style? But but but..... he was shot in cold blood according to the media.

Hmmmm... and again, Martin had THC in his system.

So when Zimmerman told the dispatcher on the 911 call that he thought Trayvon "looked high", he was factually correct eh?

More when I can get to the (swamped and inaccessible) web site and get the document trove for myself.