![]() “Once they are certified as Drug Recognition Experts, they have to be reviewed every two years to confirm they have met at least the minimum continuing education requirements and conducted at least the minimum number of drug influence evaluations.”Īccording to a bill that passed during this year’s General Assembly session, a law enforcement officer may not initiate a stop or search a person or motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis. “They have to show a certain accuracy percentage between what their opinion was and what the drug test confirmed,” Morehouse emailed. ![]() Last year participants hiked and kayaked in addition to running and walking. Lab Week Run is a virtual run that can be completed anywhere, anyway, anytime during lab week. Law enforcement officers with extensive experience and nine days of classroom training are certified Drug Recognition Experts, Morehouse later said in an email, and that currently Maryland has 189 DREs in 33 separate agencies, a little over 1% of 16,000 officers. Lab Week Run/Walk: Take Medical Laboratory Professionals week out of the lab and celebrate with a 5K Fun Run/Walk in conjunction with the ASCLS fundraiser Lab Week Run. It boils down to that evaluation that does evaluating the indicators of use and indicators of impairment.” “However we recognize the difference between therapeutic doses and impairment. You cannot drive when you’re impaired by it,” Morehouse said. “People may feel when it becomes legal July 1 that means ‘I can smoke and drive on July 1,’ and that’s not true. But Maryland drivers still can be charged with driving under the influence of marijuana.Īt the training program Wednesday, Morehouse explained that there is no Breathalyzer for marijuana consumption, and that the same dose can have vastly different impacts on different people, so the determination of impairment falls on an officer’s evaluation instead of blood alcohol level. Legal sales of recreational cannabis for those 21 and over are slated to start July 1 in Maryland. “Guys were given jars of pills and then wind up taking their own lives or turning into zombies, and then finding out we can replace all those drugs with a single plant and people can get their lives back.” ![]() “Everywhere I went, the stories were the same,” Air Force veteran Steve Ellmore said. Medical patients and advocates at Wednesday’s event said they are excited about increased access to cannabis as an alternative to alcohol or pills. It was a lot of alcohol and pain medicine,” Lawrence said. Alcohol allowed me to fall asleep at night. “Before weed, I drank a lot to cover the pain. It is approved for all analytes by Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA), Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare. Before finding her regimen of edible cannabis to treat her muscular dystrophy, Lawrence said she turned to alcohol. American Association of Bioanalysts Medical Laboratory Evaluation (AAB-MLE) is one of the nation’s largest full-service proficiency testing programs, servicing more than 6,500 clinical testing centers. Lawrence said she was one of the first patients in the state’s medical marijuana program, which launched in 2017.
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