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Lawyers, advocates debate marijuana "per se" tests as committee hears bill to refocus OVI evidence
Summary
Attorney Blaise Katter urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to refocus Ohio law on impairment rather than relying on long‑lasting marijuana metabolites as per‑se proof of driving while impaired.
Attorney Blaise Katter, testifying for the Ohio State Bar Association, urged the committee to shift Ohio's impaired-driving law away from treating nonpsychoactive marijuana metabolites as per se proof of impairment and toward evidence focused on actual impairment.
Katter told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Ohio currently treats carboxy‑THC — a metabolite left in the body long after the intoxicating effect of delta‑9 THC has ended — as conclusive evidence under the per‑se standard. "NHTSA's report to congress in 02/2017 said, with no ambiguity, it simply cannot…
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