Drugged DUI Measure Is Introduced

It may soon be eas­ier for pros­e­cu­tors to con­vict peo­ple caught dri­ving under the influ­ence of drugs. State Sen­a­tor Lou Cor­rea [[ core-RAY-ah ]] has intro­duced a zero-tolerance drugged DUI mea­sure. This means any detectable amount of drugs such as mar­i­juana, amphet­a­mines or other drugs would be pun­ish­able under the law. An excep­tion would be made for dri­vers who have pre­scrip­tions. Med­ical mar­i­juana advo­cates say the law should test the level of impair­ment, since mar­i­juana can stay in a one’s sys­tem for weeks.