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From: gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Andrew S. Gerber)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Urinalysis...Lie Detectors...all th
Message-ID: <188@mit-amt.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 12-May-86 14:48:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: mit-amt.188
Posted: Mon May 12 14:48:23 1986
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Summary: no, no, no, no, NO!  YOU ARE NOT HIGH FOR A MONTH FROM ONE USE OF POT!

In article <923@puff.UUCP>, mading@puff.UUCP (Eric Mading) writes:
> It's true; one hit of pot gets you high for a month.  You don't feel it;
> just like you could be under the influence of alcohol and not be drunk, but
> be unfit to work or drive.

I don't know why I'm bothering to do this, but...

The effects of THC are well documented.  Although the THC residue
collects in the fat cells, and can be detected for a month or more
after use, the EFFECTS of the THC wear off after 4-8 hours, depending
on the dose.  There is nothing, in any of the publications that I have
read, that says that one could be unfit to drive/etc after that 4-8
hour period.

It is illegal to drive under the influence of THC in most states, but
unless you get in an accident and have blood taken, there is no easy
way for the police to catch you.

It's also interesting to note that any of the commercial urine tests
will fall apart under a court challenge due to their uncertainess.
Also, any of the tests can be foiled by the addition of 5 grams of
salt to your urine sample, or an even smaller amount of bleach or
drano.  The test for THC is a simple yes/no assay, and if you taint
the urine sample enough, the test cannot even assay it as urine, and
returns a "no" result.  

				Andy

Disclamer:  The ideas and opinions expressed above have nothing to do
with MIT, the Visible Language Workshop, Cambridge, or even myself.
My terminal just gets into these moods sometimes, and...

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