A Marijuana Breathalyzer Might be Hitting the Streets Soon!

One of the major pushbacks that federal marijuana reform faces is the difficulty associated with detecting marijuana on drivers. Marijuana intoxication typically requires a blood test to confirm that the driver has marijuana in their system.

Tougher to detect marijuana than alcohol

Police officers find it much more difficult to detect marijuana on drivers than alcohol. A Durango county police spokesman said that officers will often charge a driver with an alcohol DUI if both alcohol and drugs are suspected because it is the same charge in the eyes of the courts.

Last year, the Colorado State Patrol issued 354 marijuana-only DUIs, and 674 citations where marijuana was one factor. Overall, marijuana was implicated in 12% of DUIs issued by the Colorado State Patrol.

“When there’s a contributing factor with alcohol, typically we’ll go with that simply because there’s a quantitative level in the statute that’s clear, and there really...

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