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California "Green Lab" Volunteers Smoke Cannabis in Front of the Police

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday February 15 2018, @06:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the where-do-I-sign-up? dept.

takyon writes:

Volunteers get high to help California police spot pot users

Even though recreational marijuana is legal in California, most people probably wouldn't be comfortable smoking around police officers. But that's exactly what Edson Villegas volunteered to do, CBS Los Angeles reports.

Villegas took part in a "green lab" to help officers, prosecutors and toxicologists identify signs of impairment as drugged driving becomes a growing problem on roads.

"Approximately 75 percent of the DUI arrests that I make nowadays are drug impaired -- more specifically to cannabis than alcohol," said Glendale Police Officer Bryan Duncan.

The volunteer users took field sobriety tests at the beginning of the evening, then went into a tent and smoked marijuana. When they went back and took the same field sobriety tests, officers could see if there were any changes in their mental or physical abilities.

See also: Girl Scout sells more than 300 boxes of cookies at San Diego marijuana dispensary

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Nerdfest on Thursday February 15 2018, @06:25PM (4 children)

    by Nerdfest (80) on Thursday February 15 2018, @06:25PM (#638354)

    That would be a blast. I've actually volunteered a few times for the local police to help train officers in using breathalyzers. Drink as much as you feel like for an hour (it's tracked) and then go around to each station at least once and get tested. Pretty cool to see your BAC go up, then start coming back down. Pretty fun way to spend an afternoon, and you get to see what your tolerance really is. Doing it with Cannabis would be great as well. Perhaps a proposal locally ...

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  • (Score: 2) by Kilo110 on Thursday February 15 2018, @06:35PM (3 children)

    by Kilo110 (2853) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 15 2018, @06:35PM (#638359)

    What happens if there's an accident? Did you have to sign waivers?

    • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Thursday February 15 2018, @07:01PM

      by Nerdfest (80) on Thursday February 15 2018, @07:01PM (#638367)

      I don't think so. They do make sure you're not driving, and ensure that you get into a vehicle as a passenger when you leave. They also even escort you to the washroom. They've covered their asses reasonable well (for Canada).

    • (Score: 5, Funny) by Bot on Thursday February 15 2018, @07:02PM (1 child)

      by Bot (3902) on Thursday February 15 2018, @07:02PM (#638369) Journal

      no, you have to keep the baby.

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      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @07:14PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @07:14PM (#638376)

        Gotta work on your heuristic algorithms.