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While those are of course valid concerns, I don't think it even enters into the decision making process for most when considering booze vs weed in a state with legal dispensaries. The likelihood of either of these happening in states like CA or WA is just so incredibly low that I don't think either of them is stopping all that many who might consider it today. I think there are far stronger cultural forces at play in terms of why people drink or smoke weed rather than concerns about the above.
You also still can't buy and consume weed in a bar/cafe style setting as you can booze either anywhere in the US AFAIK, which will also play a large part in this. Drinking alcohol can be a social activity in a bar, and of course booze can be bought in supermarkets etc etc.
👤giobox🕑3y🔼0🗨️0
(Replying to PARENT post)
I wonder how open and shut those DUI cases really are. In Michigan, they’ve recently discovered their THC test would return positive with the presence of CBD.
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/08/michigan-polic...
👤nichch🕑3y🔼0🗨️0
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1 is only an issue because moral panic gave legislators a blank check to write DUI laws that are so immensely broad they would be opposed in any other context.
2 is only an issue because drugs were a moral panic and people hated weed enough to not argue much when it got tied to their gun rights
Everyone loses when we cater to lemmings going off half cocked about the moral panic of the minute.
👤throwaway0a5e🕑3y🔼0🗨️0
(Replying to PARENT post)
It’s even worse cops can arrest you if they think you are impaired. There are specially trained “drug whisperers”. She was sober, no drugs in her system. But she was still arrested.
Before you look at the article, take a wild guess what color she was…
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug...
👤scarface74🕑3y🔼0🗨️0
(Replying to PARENT post)
And if you have any record of use, even a medical marijuana card, you are prohibited from purchasing a firearm.
👤giantg2🕑3y🔼0🗨️0
(Replying to PARENT post)
Interesting, thanks for the additional information. I assume it will take 60 votes in the US Senate to get moving on #2, so alcohol businesses have no reason to worry.
👤lotsofpulp🕑3y🔼0🗨️0
(Replying to PARENT post)
This is the dilemma for everyone I know who is interested in switching to cannabis.
👤oaththrowaway🕑3y🔼0🗨️0
(Replying to PARENT post)
1 is a serious problem. 2 is self inflicted. As no one depends on a firearm to protect their family, the solution is simple. Just don’t own a firearm.
👤WastingMyTime89🕑3y🔼0🗨️0
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1) You couldn't get a DUI at T+1-2 days after smoking. Many states including my own, merely need to show marijuana metabolites in your blood to convict for DUI.
2) Gun rights. You're staring down the barrel of 5+ years in jail of the feds find you in possession of weed with a firearm, even if pot is legal in your state.
Until those two things are fixed, anyone who depends on driving to keep their job or a firearm to protect their family should have some serious reservations about trading the bar for the dispensary.