A state senator from eastern Kentucky said a bill he’s sponsored that would set impairment levels for marijuana is likely to be amended. Republican Johnnie Turner has been an attorney for more than four decades. He said legal blood alcohol levels have dropped over the years, but police and prosecutors have tougher challenges with marijuana, traces of which can remain in the body for several weeks after the high wears off.
“Even if you say that I smoked it a week or so ago, you have admitted that you have possessed marijuana. So you're going to you're going to get charged with possession of it, then the issue is whether you're intoxicated or not.”
