Thursday, November 7, 2013

Arizona prosecutors: Smoking weed weeks earlier enough for DUI charge

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Prosecutors in one Arizona county argued on Tuesday that people who smoked marijuana days or even weeks earlier could be charged with driving under the influence of drugs.

Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Susan Luder argued before the Arizona Supreme Court that the county had acted properly in charging a man with for driving under the influence after finding Carboxy-THC, a secondary metabolite of marijuana, in his blood after stopping him for a traffic violation.

According to Capitol Media Services reporter Howard Fischer, Luder did not dispute her own expert witness who agreed that the presence of Carboxy-THC did not necessarily mean that someone was impaired.

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2 comments:

  1. roger uNovember 7, 2013 at 6:46 PM

    Well, the substance is illegal. Having it in your system would also seem to be evidence of possesion.

    Don't smoke pot, don't have no problem.

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