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This BLOG is posted and maintained by Jeffrey C. Meadows, Attorney at Law. Jeff's practice is dedicated to aggressively defending those accused of OVI/DUI in southwestern Ohio. Specifically, Jeff fights in the following Courts: Hamilton County Municipal Court, Butler County Area Courts, Mason Municipal Court, Warren County Court, Clermont County Court, Fairfield Municipal Court, Lebanon Municipal Court, Middletown Municipal Court, Sharonville Mayor's Court and all of the other municipal and mayor's courts in Hamilton County, Butler County, Warren County and Clermont County.
JEFFREY C. MEADOWS, ATTORNEY AT LAW
8310 Princeton-Glendale Rd.
West Chester, OH 45069
(513) 777-2222 Tel.
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Smoking Weed and Driving (7 days later) May Get You Charged with OVI/DUI!
This entry was posted on 6/5/2006 3:27 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
Ohio's General Assembly is at it again! With the Passage of Senate Bill 8, signed by Governor Taft on May 11, 2006, it will soon be illegal to drive if you have the metabolites (the residual effects of THC) of marijuana in your blood or urine.
It is a well accepted scientific fact that after smoking marijuan, the active ingredient, THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) can be found in measureable amounts for up to 2 -4 weeks. Despite the facts posted by the Amercian Council for Drug Education, which states that the "short-term effects wear off within two to three hours" Basic Facts About Drugs: Marijuana, American Council for Drug Education, our Ohio law makers passed this law with blatent disregard to scientific facts and common sense - of course, why should these politicians do anything based on fact or common sense when that often doesn't garner votes?
The fact of the matter is, our current OVI/DUI law provides for prosecution of those individuals whose ability to operate a vehicle is impaired from drug use, whether it's marijuana, cough syrup, heroine, cocaine, or any other drug. Prosecutors have been successfully prosecuting those who are truly impaired from drugs with out the of laboratory "Per Se" levels which are as follows: (ALL RESULTS ARE EXPRESSED AS NG/ML)
URINE Blood 4511.19 (J)
Amphetamines > 500 >100 4511.19 (J)(1)
Cocaine > 150 > 50 4511.19 (J)(2)
Cocaine Metabolite > 150 > 50 4511.19 (J)(3)
Heroin > 2000 > 50 4511.19 (J)(4)
Heroin Metabolite > 10 > 10 4511.19 (J)(5)
L.S.D. > 25 > 10 4511.19 (J)(6)
Marijuana > 10 > 2 4511.19 (J)(7)
Marijuana Metabolite > 15 >5 4511.19 (J)(8)(i)
Marijuana Metabolite > 35 > 50 4511.19 (J)(8)(ii)
Methamphetamine > 500 > 100 4511.19 (J)(9)
Phencyclidine (PCP) > 25 > 10 4511.19 (J)(10)
This most recent addition to the OVI law will go into effect in August of 2006, but will it truly make a difference to anyone whose name isn't on a ballot? For aggressive defense of OVI/DUI cases, whether they are alchol or drug related, contact Jeff Meadows.
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