Legal Question in DUI Law in New Mexico

cannabis & driving performance.

Are these level test Results large enough to justify that Driving ability was impared to the point of DUI?

BAC=0

11-Nor-9 Carboxy-THC 36ng/ml

Delta-9- THC level 5ng/ml


Asked on 11/20/08, 11:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: cannabis & driving performance.

Under NM law, the consumption of a controlled substance which impairs driving ability "to the slightest degree" constitutes DUI. THC levels such as you cite usually are found after a collision or motor vehicle accident of some type. So, yes.

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Answered on 11/21/08, 1:48 pm


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