The Future of Pot DUIs is near with the "Cannabuster" and regular smokers should be wary.
 Mariam Crow and Kathleen Stitzlein have won an inventors award for creating a BMC(Blood Marijuana Content) detector. The device would provide the info to patrolling police within minutes and itâs all done with a simple saliva test.
Apparently the young graduate students plan on selling the device dubbed the âcannabusterâ to local law enforcement. Focusing in on states with marijuana laws to help issue pot DUIâS and keep dangerous drivers off the road but the device is currently still in the prototype phase.
The general legal driving limit for these states is 5 nanograms or 5 BMC and to test drivers the police officers would have to call an Emergency Medical Squad to the scene or take the driver to a local hospital for blood work that could take up to 6 weeks. The device could streamline this process with no need for a medical official present and also without drawing blood, unfortunately they are only making a flawed system easier and more accepted.
The presence and duration of marijuana in the system is directly proportional to how often you partake as well as your body metabolism rate. Some medical patients have reported being completely sober and having a 120 nanogram BMC content. The numbers vary so much with each variable(person, method, and amount) but one thing remains consistent, the more you smoke the higher the chance that you will get a DUI regardless of sobriety. The standard legislation has put a target on medical patients and habitual smokers across the country and I âm concerned that zero tolerance states will run rampant with this technology.
These 5 nanogram limit is founded upon research from NIDA(Nation institute for Drug Abuse),  a department title that just screams biased. Their testing focused on non-regular smokers found after smoking the BMC reached a peak at around 9 minuets into smoking, then dropped to 60 % of the peak at the 15 minute mark, 20 % AT 30 minute mark,  and by the 2 hour mark THC levels were below 5 BMC. Please keep in mind that the only marijuana NIDA can get its hands on for testing has a potency level of 1/2 to 1/3 THC in comparison to  most street and store level buds.
A study found that THC could remain above the limit of detection 0.3 BMC in the blood of regular users for up to a month while they are not smoking. The testing lasted 30 days and the average medium of the 30 regular smokers taken at the start of the test was 1.4 BMC ranging from .3 BMC to 6.3 BMC. Basically some users took a month with no use to get below detectable levels in blood tests and if your state laws are strict this could mean a DUI.  Arizona a state with a medical marijuana system also has a zero tolerance law for driving that could result is suspension of your license for a year if you have any proof of marijuana in your blood so .3 BMC or higher.
Special thanks to TruthOnPot.com for providing some of the blood test info. Please read Toke of The Townâs report on CNNâS marijuana drivers test. Feature image credits go to Brad Clinesmith for his image DUI on flickr
    The Future of Pot DUIs is near with the âCannabusterâ and regular smokers should be wary. was originally published on The Ganja Herald