Pubdate: Wed, 03 Nov 2004
Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
Copyright: 2004 The Toronto Star
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Author: Kane Slater
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MARIJUANA STAYS MONTH IN BLOOD

Re: Sparks of New Life for Pot Bill

This new law would give police "the power to force drivers suspected of 
drug use to submit" to blood tests. Not stated in this article is the fact 
that under the proposed law, any amount of illegal substances in the blood, 
no matter how small, will lead to charges.

A marijuana buzz lasts a maximum of two hours but evidence of marijuana use 
remains in the blood for a minimum of 30 days. This means that police will 
soon be charging people with impaired driving because of a joint they 
smoked a month earlier.

Kane Slater,
Toronto 
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