Makes the feds look dumber than ever!! We are either free or we are not. The DOT is out of control as much as the rest of the FEDS!! So are our carriers. Legal substances are legal. PERIOD. OR, are they not? Are we FREE or not? This issue brings it ALL out into the open.
Next question then: All states recognize all drivers licenesses. Same with marriage. Not all states recognize carry permits. WHY?
Is that LEGAL? This is going to get FUN!!
Exactly. For the federal government to override a state law in the case of smoking pot, then one of two things would have to be true. One, that it's legal in the state of California to drive a CMV while high or while you have pot in your system and the federal government comes along and says no it isn't, that you can't have a law like that in California. But that isn't what's happening. The other one is, that the federal government would have to make it illegal for non-California residents to smoke pot while in California. And that won't happen, either.
Simple, don't drive until it's out of your system. Duh.
Show me the law in California where it was you can drive a heavy vehicle with any level of THC in your system. You can't, because there isn't one. California has the same laws as every other state regarding THC being present in your system and driving. If you've got THC in your system, you can't drive in Ohio, nor in California, either.
No, they don't. But they can control you when you are on-duty and driving, and if you did something on your off-duty time that affects your on-duty time, be prepared to pay the consequences. It's really that simple. You can have a measurable blood alcohol level and not be under the influence, yet you're still screwed if it shows up in a random, and it doesn't matter how long it's been since you've had a drink. Same thing with pot, doesn't matter how long it's been, if it's still in your system then you're screwed.
No, it only changes one thing, the legality of smoking pot in the state of California. It won't change at all the legality of driving while under the influence of pot, nor of driving with any THC in your system.
No, you're merely trying to make it a federal issue of states rights. That doesn't make it one.
It is a state issue, right up to the point where you do it while engaging in interstate commerce.
The Interstate Commerce Clause, for one. The Bill of Rights, for another. Lots of places.
I gave in the minute I decided to engage in interstate commerce. At the point where I no longer want to give in, I'll disengage from interstate commerce and go to intrastate commerce, where only the state's laws apply.
