A 'high' bar: New ruling means state must prove weed impairment to suspend license

Edward 'Eddie' Celaya is a Multimedia Journalist here at KGUN9.

A ruling by one of the state's highest courts sets a 'high' bar when it comes to suspending licenses for marijuana DUIs.The ruling by the Arizona Court of Appeals establishes a new standard for handling marijuana DUIs. The court ruled that the state must now prove actual impairment rather than relying solely on the presence of THC metabolites in a driver’s blood to suspend their license. Previously, detecting THC in a driver’s system was enough to trigger a suspension.

Despite the new law, law enforcement officers face challenges in detecting marijuana impairment. Unlike alcohol, where officers can use a breathalyzer to measure intoxication, marijuana’s effects are more difficult to quantify. “It can’t be measured in the same way,” Gunnigle noted. “Where, for example, an officer at a traffic stop could ask someone to blow and you can tell how much alcohol is in their system.

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