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Committee hears experts on bill to change how marijuana tests are used in OVI cases
Summary
At a second hearing on Senate Bill 55, the committee heard proponent testimony arguing the presence of marijuana metabolites should not be treated as per se proof of impairment and that the bill would refocus prosecutions on observed impairment.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a second hearing on Senate Bill 55, a measure proponents say modernizes Ohio’s OVI law to reflect scientific limitations in correlating marijuana metabolites to impairment. Attorney Blaise Katter, testifying on behalf of the Ohio State Bar Association, and other proponent witnesses told the committee that current per se rules can criminalize individuals who are not actually impaired at the time they drove.
Katter told the committee he represents criminal-defense practitioners and described the scientific dispute around marijuana testing. He said Ohio currently treats the carboxy‑THC…
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