H.B. 4191: An Act to Amend the Standard for Determining the Presence of Marijuana in the Body While Operating Motor Vehicle
Sponsored by: Representative LaMar Lemmons, Jr.
Currently, driving with any marijuana metabolites in one's system is considered driving under the influence in Michigan even though these can remain in a person's system weeks after they ingested marijuana. This bill would improve the statute; it would instead make it a crime to drive with five nanograms per milliliter of blood of two metabolites and THC in one's system. While this is a dramatic improvement over the current law, unfortunately, five nanograms/mL of blood of one of the metabolites (THC-COOH) can remain in a person's system for about 24 hours after they ingested marijuana.
Referred to House Committee on Transportation
For the full text of this bill, click here.
Date: 2/1/2007
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