destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoA Belgian driver killed a teenage cyclist and walked away scot-free -- and then sued the kid's parents for €8000 for "damage to his car" [Article in Dutch]archive.phexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1267arrow-down1external-linkA Belgian driver killed a teenage cyclist and walked away scot-free -- and then sued the kid's parents for €8000 for "damage to his car" [Article in Dutch]archive.phdestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square48linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepau_hana@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIt seems there are methods out there that can better estimate impairment, for example comparing the THC to THCOOH ratio. I don’t know how widespread those tests are though; it would certainly cost more to measure both. Here is an abstract I found: Estimating Time of Last Oral Ingestion of Cannabis From Plasma THC and THCCOOH Concentrations
minus-squareAHemlocksLie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI’d be totally fine with judging based of a test that actually tests impairment, so if they’d like to use that, I’d be fine with it.
It seems there are methods out there that can better estimate impairment, for example comparing the THC to THCOOH ratio. I don’t know how widespread those tests are though; it would certainly cost more to measure both. Here is an abstract I found: Estimating Time of Last Oral Ingestion of Cannabis From Plasma THC and THCCOOH Concentrations
I’d be totally fine with judging based of a test that actually tests impairment, so if they’d like to use that, I’d be fine with it.