Comment on What if you legiitimately don't remember the alphabet that well during a field sobriety test because you never use it?

• Semester3383@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Actually, no, there aren’t. As of this moment, there’s no way to know if you’re intoxicated by marijuana, and, since that’s legal in a number of US states, that’s a ‘problem’. (Although, let’s be real, stoned people tend to drive reeeeeeaaaaaalllllllllly slowly, not exactly hugely dangerous.) You can detect the metabolites with a urine or blood test, but that doesn’t tell you how long ago you used it, or if you’re still under the influence.

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  • nimpnin@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are oral rapid tests for drugs in my country that the police use

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• TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Field drug tests are not admissible in courts in most states

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If they could? They have tanks, for fucks sake. They don’t lack resources.

    The only reason for bullshit tests is that the cop gets to feel powerful deciding himself instead of a specific measurement by a calibrated instrument.

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• BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I don’t think they’re interested in making it more difficult to arrest and charge people.

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