Title:
Mont.: Ask your senator to oppose per se marijuana DUID bill
Message:
In late February, HB 168 — introduced by Rep. David “Doc” Moore — passed in the Montana House. It now awaits action in the Senate Judiciary Committee. This bill would declare anyone with five nanograms of THC per milliliter in their blood guilty of driving under the influence — regardless of whether the person was actually impaired! Please email your senator, and ask him or her to oppose this bill.
Although intoxicated driving should not be tolerated, knee jerk ideas like per se limits lacking agreement among the scientific community are unethical and unnecessary; Montana already criminalizes impaired driving. This law would unfairly target medical marijuana patients who could have higher levels of THC in their blood without being impaired.
There is a lack of agreement on the science behind this issue. Please email your senator, and ask him or her to vote against this bill or to at least amend it to give drivers a chance to prove their innocence. When you’re finished, forward this to friends and family and ask them to do the same.
