Roadside Marijuana Tests Called ‘Pseudoscience’ - /pol/ (#511187553) [Archived: 38 hours ago]

Anonymous ID: 5mROmckeUnited States
7/24/2025, 3:43:09 AM No.511187553
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Current roadside tests for marijuana impairment lack scientific credibility and are often unreliable, says Rutgers law professor William McNichol.

In a recent paper, he argues that these tests-many modeled after alcohol detection-don't accurately reflect cannabis impairment.
McNichol criticizes tools like drug recognition experts (DREs), calling them "police science" with no true medical backing.

Studies show blood THC levels don't consistently correlate with driving performance, and chronic users may test high without being impaired. Experts call for psychomotor tests and new biochemical markers instead. Meanwhile, federal and industry policies continue relying on outdated standards, which some say worsen driver shortages. McNichol urges the scientific community-not police-to lead development of valid impairment measures, as cannabis becomes more mainstream and legal across the U.S.

>https://www.marijuanamoment.net/current-roadside-tests-for-marijuana-impairment-are-pseudoscientific-law-professor-says/
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Anonymous ID: kQ3669r5United States
7/24/2025, 3:44:29 AM No.511187645
>>511187553 (OP)
Your whole country is made up pseudoscience
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Anonymous ID: hR/UHE+2Canada
7/24/2025, 3:46:31 AM No.511187788
>>511187553 (OP)
Just ask the stoner if they think Goofy is a dog and gauge their reaction
Anonymous ID: 8HCF11Z+
7/24/2025, 3:48:17 AM No.511187893
>>511187645
What about your country, mutt?
Anonymous ID: 63ny5lwSUnited States
7/24/2025, 3:49:43 AM No.511187982
>>511187553 (OP)
I love hitting my pen in the bathroom at work, life's a bitch and then we die so fuck the world let's all get high xD
Anonymous ID: TRgsCYX/United States
7/24/2025, 3:51:59 AM No.511188126
>>511187553 (OP)
If you're high, I don’t want you driving. I don’t care how impaired you are. Get out of the car and call an Uber.
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Anonymous ID: 5B3O5S49United States
7/24/2025, 3:51:59 AM No.511188127
>>511187553 (OP)
If you don't break the law, you wouldn't be getting pulled over in the first place. I've driven high for many miles all over America and never got pulled over. Rarely on busy roads, however, because I find traffic to be extra stressful when high.
Anonymous ID: KRLeVrkSUnited States
7/24/2025, 3:55:54 AM No.511188380
Breath tests don’t work on raging alcoholics either. If you drink a case of 30 beers a day, even a BAL of .08 doesn’t show the driver is impaired. The author is an idiot who hasn’t been sober for a decade.
Anonymous ID: Ir/LRUiUUnited States
7/24/2025, 3:56:12 AM No.511188401
>>511188126
The problem is they literally can not tell if they are high or not

The cops are too stupid. It's not even hard.

>100+ IQ cop: Sir, did I pull you over for flyin a plane, or are you just high?
>Driver: *snickers*
>Cop: Did you just snicker, or do you want a candybar?
>Driver: *bursts into treats*
>Cop: Cuff em.
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Anonymous ID: N7DBO30WUnited States
7/24/2025, 4:02:31 AM No.511188826
I smoke weed every hour and I never even get high I just do it out of habit for the vibes. So if I go drive after smoking weed, it doesn't impair me at all. In fact I probably drive slower and more carefully while stoned.
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Anonymous ID: 5yIkAexlUnited States
7/24/2025, 4:06:38 AM No.511189087
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>Current roadside tests for marijuana impairment lack scientific credibility and are often unreliable

They know, they just don't care.
Anonymous ID: QO0hBBp4United States
7/24/2025, 4:07:22 AM No.511189128
>>511188826
>probably drive slower and more carefully while stoned.
That’s literally 99% of porheads. I wish more people drove stoned.
Anonymous ID: MuON7nyYCanada
7/24/2025, 4:11:22 AM No.511189358
>>511187553 (OP)
Why is their a device for weed, but for alcohol a humiliation ritual?
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Anonymous ID: hK5DL0E+United States
7/24/2025, 4:28:00 AM No.511190385
>>511187553 (OP)
The alcohol ones aren't accurate either. Who can't drive after half a beer? The legal limit should be way higher
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Anonymous ID: 5yIkAexlUnited States
7/24/2025, 4:28:21 AM No.511190409
>>511189358
Because they can.

>The greatest threat is somebody who has utopian impulses and feels morally or intellectually superior to the rest of us. Therefore, they think any methods are permissible in order to reach their dream.
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Anonymous ID: StysWLWBUnited States
7/24/2025, 4:30:46 AM No.511190563
>>511190385
>half a beer
>.08
nigga if you're hitting .08 after half a beer, you're one serious lightweight
Anonymous ID: 2SS7kJhfUnited States
7/24/2025, 4:47:47 AM No.511191702
>>511190409

The greatest threat is giving political power to anyone except Chad
Anonymous ID: N7DBO30WUnited States
7/24/2025, 4:53:02 AM No.511192050
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I've driven 80 mph on the highway on 12 grams of mushrooms and I've driven across a city after doing 7 hits of LSD at a house party. I'm literally the best driver who has ever lived. I don't crash. I drive. I drive the best. Nobody is my equal. I'm a god on 4 wheels. Fucking hell.
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Anonymous ID: tSZudXZOUnited States
7/24/2025, 4:59:15 AM No.511192467
>>511188401
if you're getting pulled over on suspicion of DUI for weed, chances are you're going to fail the basic SFST's because your driving fucking sucks enough to catch law enforcement's attention in the first place.
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Anonymous ID: IMZfnNvCUnited States
7/24/2025, 5:10:49 AM No.511193236
>>511192467
Nobody should be taking SFSTs.
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Anonymous ID: 8f5PYRGxUnited States
7/24/2025, 5:15:04 AM No.511193530
>>511187553 (OP)
>Studies show blood THC levels don't consistently correlate with driving performance, and chronic users may test high without being impaired
This is also true for alcohol, so what? The limit for operating is the limit. Discuss adjustment, but not removal of the test. A quick roadside test was a main barrier, this fag is likely anti pot to begin with.
Anonymous ID: EpvQs04NAustralia
7/24/2025, 5:16:38 AM No.511193634
>>511187553 (OP)
That's nice but it won't stop Australia's police from using them
Nanny state doesn't stop nannying
Anonymous ID: aaYMWGSaUnited States
7/24/2025, 5:18:38 AM No.511193752
>>511187553 (OP)
>correlate with driving performance, and chronic users may test high without being impaired
that logic goesfor alcohol too. you couldnt tells if im shitfaced
Anonymous ID: tSZudXZOUnited States
7/24/2025, 5:20:41 AM No.511193861
>>511193236
people who are under the influence, should be.
Anonymous ID: SPfY0KO0United Kingdom
7/24/2025, 5:34:58 AM No.511194660
>>511192050
hello white man
Anonymous ID: fSwQGXFQUnited States
7/24/2025, 5:37:45 AM No.511194790
>>511187553 (OP)
half of the modern fat women can't walk the line sober