Good question Ray, I have often thought the same thing myself, not as a
result of accidents, but merely from observing car drivers who are clearly
stoned!
You wrote, "The problem with cannabis is that its half life is 57 hours so
can be detected in the body for a long time." I'm not sure if this can be
used as a defence, it certainly is not a defence with alcohol i.e. if you're
found over the limit one morning because of alcohol consumed the previous
evening, you will still be charged. I think the real problem is that there
exists no reliable "bedside" test for cannibis or ecstasy that produces
quantitative results which can be correlated with psychomotor performance. I
would be interested to hear others' views.
Adrian Fogarty
--> It's Sunday! We should get a life...
About the issue of cannabis, as compared to Alcohol... You can have
significant levels in your body fluids after second-hand inhalation, which
you can easily get away with in court and say you don't know what it smells
like and "you are aware that there are millions around smoking it".
You know how long it took to get Alcohol laws in - and I don't think the
effect of cannabis is as linear as alcohol or as well-evidenced.
I know an A&E SpR in London who's recently become expert, having read all
there is on Ecstasy for his CTR - if he doesn't respond to this, I'll get
him to do so.
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