Legalized Sports Betting - Marijuana Should Be Next If...

Discussion in 'Politics' started by bone, May 14, 2018.

  1. bone

    bone

    I am not a sports bettor but I welcome the Supreme Court's Ruling today.

    I'm just going to spitball something out here for discussion: IMO, if some enterprising young Bill Gates clone or medical instrument company could devise a portable reliable instrument to perform a biological field test for marijuana impairment for motor vehicle drivers then nationwide marijuana legalization would become a reality in very short order. To me, if the "public safety" aspect can be addressed then even the more conservative states would go along with it.

    But as this recent NHTSA report I linked below shows, arriving at a reasonable THC "impairment" level and the considerable challenge for developing a biological field test for THC intoxication (to the point of impairment) is daunting. And, there's just not that much law enforcement or medical study data on marijuana impairment. And while it's not addressed in the NHTSA report, law enforcement would probably need cause and a warrant to take a biological test on an individual.

    If those considerable barriers could be satisfied, then IMO marijuana legalization becomes a much easier sell to politicians and the public. I think there should be a funded CDC program with that goal in mind.

    https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.d...juana-impaired-driving-report-to-congress.pdf

    I like quite a bit of the new prison reform bill currently making it's way through the floor, and I can't help but to think that many marijuana convictions are likely a waste of law enforcement, Court and prison resources.
     
  2. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Cliff notes on SCOTUS decision and prison reform bill?
     
  3. bone

    bone

    Let Google be your friend. Supreme Court went New Jersey's way and Kushner has some bipartisan support and bipartisan bill sponsorship for a prison reform bill in Congress but the Senate might be a problem.

    Like any bill there will be compromises that neither party likes, but anything that works towards reducing mass incarceration is a good thing. Essentially - if you're not a violent offender or a repeat career drug trafficker then you should be fast tracked out of the prison system.
     
    Last edited: May 14, 2018
  4. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    From last month's Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/driving-high-the-search-for-a-pot-breathalyzer-w519617
    These guys are working on it . https://houndlabs.com/about/
     
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  5. bone

    bone

  6. For those with elderly arthritic relatives or Diabetics with neuropathy CBD works, male part of the plant in liquid form and aids general aches and pains. You will find it at any vitamin store, legal n all 50 states and no THC. Wife takes it in chewing gum form and liquid form for outside the body just wanted to pass it along the stuff works. Indiana will look into legalizing the female part of the plant that contains THC, we're conservative and they cant figure out who will bank all the coin yet. Pennsylvania wants a one time fee of $10 million for sports betting operators,geez.
     
  7. bone

    bone

    :banghead:

    Even California is finding a way to fuck up the legalized marijuana market. The States charge more vig than the mob or the cartels ever did... Politicians are just the greediest MF's.
     
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  8. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    If the the smoke coming out of your van is reminiscent of a Cheech & Chong movie then your THC level may be above the limit.