“Everyone agrees that I-502 has flaws.”
Not so. Most people have an opinion as to what a legalization bill would or would not contain. One should not be compelled to label them “flaws.” As the polls reflect, I-502 is a viable alternative to prohibition. I have yet to hear a compelling argument for how the defeat of I-502 will be in the best interest of repealing prohibition. A defeat will be used by the federal government as a mandate. We simply cannot afford to lose.

I-502 does not change the state’s medical cannabis law which allows medical cannabis user to grow up to 15 plants and to participate in collective gardens.

Under the DUI-C provision in I-502, blood draw cannot be taken from a driver until all three of the following conditions have been met: (1) probable cause for an arrest, (2) reasonable belief of driving while impaired (typically established through field sobriety tests), and (3) reasonable belief the impairment is caused specifically by drugs, and not alcohol. This is actually the present law as well. What changes is that there is a set limit (5 ng) for ONLY active delta 9 THC. Presently one can be convicted with metabolites and levels far below 5 ng. However, the 5 ng limit, when conditions 1 and 2 are met above, is, like alcohol’s .08 limit, a per se law.