Image Courtesy: https://www.fico.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Top-10-2.png

Commercialization

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Not Your Grandma’s

Weed

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WHAT IS MARIJUANA?

Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs

with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for

abuse. Some examples of Schedule I drugs are:

heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), 3,4-

methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), methaqualone, and

peyote

Green

Leafy

Material?

Green

Leafy

Material?

Green

Leafy

Material? Photos courtesy Sarah Urfer. Slide courtesy

Carson Nuss, DRE Instructor KHP.

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Traditional Cannabis Gene Pools

Hashish

North India,

Nepal,

Middle East

& North Africa

High THC/

Low –Med. CBD

Hashish

Afghanistan

and Pakistan

High THC/

Low –High CBD

Most modern medical Cannabis varieties are a blend of traditional “sativa” marijuana varieties with “indica” hashish varieties.

C. Sativa or“sativa”

C. afghanica? Or“indica”

Fiber/Seed

Russia,

Mediterranean

& Far East

Low THC/

Med. –High CBD

Marijuana

South Asia,

Southeast Asia,

Africa

& New World

High THC/

Low CBD

Drug (THC/CBD ratio >1)

Fiber (THC/CBD ratio <1)

Intermediate (THC/CBD ratio close to 1)

Sauce

Butane Hash Oil (BHO)Concentrates

Hash

Shatter

Ear Wax

Budder

Kief

THCA Diamonds/Crystals

The Black Market

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Photo courtesy: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/10/marijuana-raids-aurora/

Basement Grows

Outdoor Grows

Theft of Utilities

Fire Hazards

Grow House Damage

Firearms

Slide Courtesy: M.A. Hughes

Money

Distribution

The Science

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Memory Loss Somnolence Motor Impairment High Anti-nausea

THC Effects - No Tolerance

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10

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Memory Loss Somnolence Motor Impairment High Anti-nausea

THC Effects - Tolerance

Courtesy: S. Urfer, ChemaTox Laboratories

Violent Crime is Down

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The Magic Number

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Permissible Inferences

<.05: presumed that the defendant was NOT under the influence of alcohol and that the defendant’s ability to operate a vehicle was NOT impaired by the consumption of alcohol.

.05-08: DWAI

.08+: DUI

5+ ng/mL delta-9 THC: DUI

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THC ng/mL

THC in ng/mL Distribution n=2715

Related

Enforcement Issues

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Open, Broken Seal, Contents

Partially Removed; Evidence of

Consumption

SFSTs Aren’t

Validated for Drugs

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False Positives

Data

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Slide Courtesy: Ashley Schluck (WY TSRP)

CONTAMINANTS

Enables mental health professionals to

determine:

– (1) whether clients merit

one or more diagnoses

and, if they do,

– (2) what those diagnoses

are.

May, 2013

Jen Knudsen

Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor

Colorado District Attorneys’ Council

Jen@cdac.state.co.us

(720) 363-1233