Indopedia All Things Marijuana
Although cannabis legislation is being liberalised around the world, many countries do not have evidence-based THC limits for drivers. This means that there are many different national provisions in place that sanction driving in public with THC or its metabolites in the blood. Here, we explore different approaches to THC limits and THC tests for drivers.
The amount of THC that has to be in your blood before you are defined as being under the influence of a drug is interpreted very differently, depending on what country you are in. In the US, many federal states that have legalised cannabis as a medicine or for recreational use have defined a threshold of five nanograms of active THC in the blood. In Canada, it is likely that a precise THC limit will be defined once the country legalises it, and the relevant plans are ready and waiting.
Some THC tests include THC-COOH, which is not psychoactive
But in Europe, the legislation is still full of discrepancies. While in most European states only active THC is measured, in some EU…
