Pot law creates haze for Michigan police on intoxication, black market

[TexasTowelie]

Legalized marijuana is creating concerns for local law enforcement agencies around Michigan, especially when it comes to increases in drugged driving and a lack of a clear standard to prove intoxication.

The state sheriffs and police chiefs associations anticipate complications in impaired driving enforcement, black market marijuana deals and the early retirement of police dogs whose snouts are trained to detect what is now a legal substance.

But the state’s own police force, while concerned about some consequences of the new law, is not worried about law enforcement's ability to address them.

“We’ve kind of been in this area before,” said Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw. “During prohibition, we used to look for rum runners and then, when the law changed, we didn’t look for them anymore.”

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/01/22/pot-legalization-haze-police-intoxication-black-market/2573695002/

[Blues Heron]

1. Weed doesn't make you drunk

Do you get impaired after drinking a venti chai latte? All that caffeine - an alkaloid in the cocaine family! Nicotine - do you get impaired? Are you drugged? this hair on fire crap with weed is annoying.

[zipplewrath]

2. Always been a problem

Even with alcohol, they had trouble coming up with methods. It's where all the "walk the line" stuff came from. Then we got the whole breathalyzer approach. In the limit they could force blood tests. What everyone would really prefer is some sort of cognitive test that would determine the ability to operate the vehicle. Unfortunately, various attempts would create results that would suggest the elderly drivers were in essence never good enough to drive. Tired drivers didn't fare much better either.