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THC (The Horrible Collision)

Back many years ago there was a popular T.V show called Dragnet, starring Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday of the L.A.P.D. Every episode started off the same: “My name is Friday. The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed, to protect the innocent.”
In a similar manner, the story that you are about to read is true (except for the dialogue). Only the names have been changed, to protect the innocent.
“Please bear with me as I still don’t speak so good. My name is Jim. On Easter Sunday,  my girlfriend, Amy, and I had a pleasant lunch and we were heading back to my place to watch the Elite Eight on T.V. I was looking forward to that afternoon as my favorite basketball team, Syracuse, was playing, and I had recorded the game. That’s it! That’s all I remember about that day. In June when I woke up, they told me that Amy was killed in the crash, and that I was lucky to be alive. However, on most days over the past two years I don’t feel so lucky, because the pain is there every day, and I still cannot walk very well, even with my walker.
On behalf of both my dear Amy and myself, I would like to ask Ms. Chol, ‘Why would someone smoke marijuana and then drive?’.
I realize that this question is similar to the question that MADD asks about drinking and then driving, as marijuana impairment and alcohol impairment are similar. However, unlike alcohol, for which impairment can be reasonably measured using a breathalyzer (and confirmed with a blood alcohol content measurement), valid detection for cannabis is time-consuming, and tests cannot yet determine an approximate degree
of impairment. The lack of suitable tests and agreed-upon intoxication levels is an issue in the legality-of-cannabis debate, especially regarding intoxicated driving.
Over the past two years I have learned a lot about marijuana, some from Wikipedia and some from my other research. While there are blood, urine and hair tests that can track marijuana’s active ingredient in the body, marijuana lingers around for too long a period in order for one of these tests to determine the actual intake time. Also, the variation between different metabolisms makes an objective cannabis intoxication test very difficult.
I know that there is no definitive test to detect how long before her car crossed the median that the drug was taken. Without such a definitive test, it was possible or even likely, that we would not be in this courtroom today. I suppose that it was just a stroke of good fortune that at the scene her cannabis pipe was still warm when the police officer found it the ashtray of her Corolla.
I have obviously thought about this a lot, and have finally gotten to the point that I can forgive Ms. Chol, but I doubt that I will ever be able to forgive those who have pushed for marijuana legalization before a test to detect impairment had been worked out.”

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