By Ashley Silver
Police1
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — To arrange for the upcoming legalization of leisure marijuana in Maryland, medically licensed volunteers agreed to devour marijuana in order that authorities may analyze the distinction between how hashish impairs drivers versus how alcohol influences them.
Volunteers from Montgomery County smoked or consumed marijuana whereas police noticed their reactions, in line with NBC Washington. “This can be a nice alternative for us to actually improve our deployment out on the street and our proactive skill to establish impaired drivers by hashish,” a police officer informed NBC.
One volunteer informed NBC they’re doing their half to enhance policing by serving to officers uncover when and when to not conduct marijuana-related stops after leisure use of the drug turns into authorized on July 1.
“If police aren’t educated, they’re going to do a wide range of stops and arrests that aren’t reasonable,” the volunteer informed the media platform.
Though leisure marijuana will change into authorized in Maryland in July, it’s nonetheless unlawful to drive beneath the affect of marijuana.
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