What about going to a party and none knowing that all the food arepot butter?What about second hand smoker?

Question

The Supreme Court in Michigan handed down one of those rulings that makes u shrug ur shoulders and say,"Well, it makes no sense,but it's hardly surprising" The Supreme Court has brought the drug war to the highways.That's not a good place for it.Traffic laws should not be used to entrap users of illegal drugs.But ruling in two traffic cases,a majority of the justices opened the door for that by saying a trace element of marijuana in any driver's body,regardless of whether it has an influence on the ability to drive safely, is sufficient for a conviction of an impaired driving violation.The ruling also said the driver does not have to know he or she is legally under the influence of a prohibited drug.Under the ruling,motorists found to have a chemical byproduct of smoking marijuana can be arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated.All that's necessary is that u were intoxicated at a recent enough point that it could be picked up by a drug test.what do u think about that?

The practical impact is that it is no longer necessary to gather evidence specific to the crime, just evidence of a crime that is related. It's like searching a murder scene, finding a recently fired pistol andconcluding without further investigation that the smoking gun must indeed by the weapon.
It's the "well, he's certainly guilty of something" standard. t is desirable to keep our streets safe. It should be a much bigger priority to make sure that people are guilty of those crimes they are accused; but it's no longer especially shocking to see terrible precedents set in the name of safety and security

AND VERY SOON COMING TO CALI AND OTHER STATES

Answer 1

i'm not surprised though that is a bullshit ruling as you can have marijuana in your system for several months.

Answer 2

I agree with it. Users of illegal drugs should, and need to be, trapped anyway neccessary to curb the problem. If that means using traffic laws to do so, then so be it. As far as insuring guilt for a crime before prosecuting it, if you have dope in your system, that pretty much says you are guilty. If you just got some second-hand smoke in your system, then you are still guilty, only this time it is by association and not by direct use. If you hang out with people that do dope then you deserve to be punished. Sorry, I am sure that sounds straight forward as hell and maybe even a little harsh, but I have been in law enforcement long enough that this is just how I feel about this stuff.