Phoenix DUI Abogados

The City of Pasadena will be setting up an overnight DUI checkpoint on Friday, March 1, 2013, at an undisclosed location. The Drunk Driving checkpoint, will consist of police officers stopping drivers to look for signs of alcohol impairment. The driving under the influence checkpoint will operate from 7:00 p.m. on March 1, 2013 to 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2013.

Police departments throughout California feel that DUI Checkpoints, along with regularly scheduled high visibility DUI saturation patrols, are proven strategies with the goal of removing drunk drivers from our highways. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Marin County police departments working under the Marin Avoid the 13 multi agency DUI task force, hold drunk driving checkpoints to deter DUI drivers and to keep unlicensed drivers off the streets.

A task force appointed by Governor Hickenlooper now has until the end of March to settle and forward its recommendations to the Colorado legislature. The task force has no power to make rules, but its recommendations are expected to have an impact on the shape of the legislation expected by the end of the current session on May 8.

Among the issues under discussion are questions concerning regulation of recreational “pot-shops,” limitations on sales to non-residents, presumptive THC DUI limits for drivers, and specific definitions on the question of what constitutes “private” vs.” public” consumption. ( For example, should consumption on the publicly observable patio, balcony or porch of a private residence be considered public or private?)   The main “task force” is working through reports and recommendations from five different subgroups and a list of more than 100 legal issues.

Some issues have already been addressed. Under proposals submitted by the task force on February 25, marijuana products would have to be sold in child-proof packaging and not contain any logos or ingredients designed solely to appeal to children. They could not be mixed with nicotine. Marijuana and pot-infused edibles would have to come with labels that would detail the items’ potency and also disclose the pesticides or fertilizers used in cultivation. Recreational pot-shops could sell only marijuana and marijuana-related items such as pipes. They could not advertise anywhere that children would be exposed to their ads, such as television, radio, billboards or general-distribution newspapers. Recreational-marijuana stores would not be able to make any health claims about their products.

Among the most problematic issues are whether and to what extent nonresidents of Colorado can  purchase marijuana through regulated outlets. On the one hand, many travel experts predict that the decriminalization of limited amounts of recreational marijuana will drastically increase tourism in the state, with its associated revenues.  On the other hand, opponents cite the danger that Colorado’s image will be tarnished by an influx of “stoners,” and that it will inevitably serve as the source for a black market in marijuana transport and sales to surrounding states, with a potential federal backlash.

Possession of marijuana remains a federal offense.

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The most common question I get from people is can I get a permit to drive to and from work while my driver license is suspended?  The answer is an emphatically NO at this time.  Utah, as the law is now, there is no work permits that would allow you to drive to and from work.  Many states have this type of license.  We hope in the future, the legislature will realize the need for this type of license.  The problem is that a person gets the driver license suspended and they have a real hard time progressing.  Many people lose their jobs because they cannot work because of the suspension.  People have two choices at this point, they don’t drive and lose their job, or they drive on a suspended license and risk harsher consequences.  In effect, many times the law is putting drivers on the road that have no license and probably no insurance because they feel they have to drive.  I think it would benefit the general public to have work permits to allow people to drive to and from work.  Adequate restrictions could be put in place to ensure public safety such as:  require an ignition interlock on the car, require the prime for life class, and weekly check-in with a private probation company to monitor the person and perhaps weekly drug tests.  Everyone deserves one second chance.