RE:RE:RE:Test for Impairment No argument that some of those issues will need to be worked out before it goes mainstream, just like with cannabis.
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Thanks for the comment Sam. While I do understand some people micro dosing feel focused etc., it's still a schedule 1 drug that if introduced as a treatment or recreational use, would require some form of testing to determin impairment if law enforcement suspected drug use while driving.
For over a year, law enforcement went nuts in Canada saying they were not ready for the introduction of cannabis due to lack of training and testing methods for impairment.
I believe a bar will need to be set as it is with alcohol and cannabis. A level of blood alcohol or cannabis concentration in place along with measuring devices and or tests to determine a level of impairment. Presently, the quickest test is in the form of a urine sample or blood test that could take up to 2 days or more.
Again, if in a serious car or construction accident, any tox screen with a trace of psilocybin could be concidered an impairment. In addition, levels of impairment by psilocybin are all over the charts depending on age, race, health, body mass, frequency of use and more.
Psilocybin looks to have benefits for some in controlled environments but I believe the impairment issue will need to be addressed prior to going mainstream. SamRothstein wrote: Many people that microdose are doing coding and other extremely complex tasks, and there is no visible impairment. Many would argue increased performance etc. Beyond microdosing, yes, if you are driving a car while tripping balls you are an idiot and you will go to jail.
HaulJockey wrote:
Has anyone given any thought to this? In Canada and the USA, nothing becomes mainstream unless you can test for impairment. I would think that even micro dosing would be challenged by law enforcement as some form of impairment.
Some may fluff it off saying there isn't an impairment because it's too small an amount. All brains are not the same. (Sam should have fun with that one) In a car crash causing death, will it show up in the blood? That's cause for suggesting impairment.
Law enforcement now has a few tools under their belts for cannabis testing due to it's legal use in Canada and most states. Most were developed prior to legalization in the intrest of public safety.
I'd like to hear from those close to the industry what research is being done to address the issue of impairment prior to any legal use in Canada or the USA. Of coarse the pumpers and bashers are welcome to chime in as well.
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