I hear you. The saliva test isn’t perfect, but it’s something.
Where I live only a doctor is allowed to draw and test your blood, which is tough to do at the side of the road during a traffic stop. They need a lab for that. So a saliva test is much more viable in that context.
No, but not every car has a breathalyzer. Only repeat offenders get one of those. So the point still stands imo. Maybe someday the saliva test can be hooked up to the ignition.
You can easily test if they’re in someone’s system with a saliva test, so your argument doesn’t make any sense.
Blood test is better for weed. It’s only detectable for 12h vs 24h with saliva.
But levels of THC aren’t really correlated with impairment.
I would even say some drivers might be better drivers with hints of calming THC&CBD in their system…
12 to 24h seems good (maybe even too long imho) in the context of driving a car.
Not when the levels have no bearing on intoxication.
The same applies to alcohol to some degree. We as a society need to set some limits
No, it doesn’t. BAC is directly related to impairment, even with chronic drinkers.
The problem is that THC tests check for the metabolite that THC is broken down into, not actual THC. Alcohol tests check for actual alcohol.
I hear you. The saliva test isn’t perfect, but it’s something.
Where I live only a doctor is allowed to draw and test your blood, which is tough to do at the side of the road during a traffic stop. They need a lab for that. So a saliva test is much more viable in that context.
No, it’s not something. The tests are not a measure of impairment.
Can you hook a saliva test to a car’s ignition system to only allow sober people to start the car?
Now lick the knob
No, but not every car has a breathalyzer. Only repeat offenders get one of those. So the point still stands imo. Maybe someday the saliva test can be hooked up to the ignition.