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Unlike many of our neighboring states, Wisconsin still has a zero-tolerance policy on cannabis. If you are pulled over and subjected to a blood test, any detectable amount of Delta-9 THC can result in an impaired driving charge. The chemistry behind these tests is complex, and labs are known to make mistakes—let the lawyers at Mishlove and Stuckert use our science-based approach to bring errors into question.
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Hi, I'm Andrew Mishlove.
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At Mishlove and Stuckert,
we're Wisconsin's only true specialists
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in the defense of accusations
of impaired driving.
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Nowadays, the majority of states
in the United States have legal cannabis,
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legal THC, either for medical purposes
or recreational purposes.
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Just south of Wisconsin,
not too many miles from here,
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cannabis is legal
for recreational purposes in Illinois.
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Cannabis is legal
for recreational purposes
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in the state of Michigan.
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You might think that it's okay
if you're using cannabis legally
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in Illinois or Michigan,
that you can just drive in Wisconsin.
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Well, that's not true.
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We have pretty much
a zero-tolerance policy to cannabis
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in Wisconsin.
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If a person is caught driving in Wisconsin
with any detectable amount
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of delta nine THC,
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that's the active ingredient in cannabis,
in their blood,
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that's a drunk driving case,
whether or not they are impaired.
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What does any detectable amount mean?
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Well, under Wisconsin law,
detectable amount
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is defined as one nanogram per milliliter
or more in a person's blood.
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That's a very small amount.
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That's a trace amount.
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Nobody would be high
at one nanogram per milliliter.
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People who smoke regularly
will have more than that
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just in their blood
if they haven't used recently.
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We are seeing a lot of THC cases
in Wisconsin under this
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any-detectabl-amount rule.
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What we have found
is that the chemistry of this is suspect.
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When we start talking about these
very low trace amounts of delta nine,
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it's not so easy
for the laboratories to detect it.
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They make mistakes,
and we have won cases based on that.
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The other thing is, everybody knows
that it's legal in Minnesota,
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it's legal in Michigan,
it's legal in Illinois.
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Everyone's attitude is changing about it,
for better or for worse.
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But Wisconsin laws are not changing.
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If anything, they're getting harsher.
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If you are accused of a cannabis
or THC-impaired driving case
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in the state of Wisconsin,
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call the attorneys
who can win these cases.
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Call the attorneys who are experts.
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Call the only true specialists
in the state of Wisconsin;
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Mishlove and Stuckert.
