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Driving stoned bill back before Colorado Legislature
Posted: 02.26.2013 at 9:50 AM
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DENVER (AP) -- A marijuana blood limit for drivers is back before Colorado lawmakers, with special urgency now that the drug is legal for adults.

A bill in House Judiciary Committee Tuesday would set a blood-level limit for marijuana.

Similar proposals have failed three times before because of concerns that blood tests aren't a fair way to tell whether someone is too stoned to get behind the wheel.

The bill under consideration would presume drivers are too stoned if their blood contains more than 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter. THC is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

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Online:

House Bill 1114: http://bit.ly/YYvc0R

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