Justice committee  Well, Mr. Boissonnault, I would say statistically—or at least this is what the research says—that the greatest deterrent to impaired driving is fear of getting caught. So, I don't know what the policy answer to that is. They usually say it's high-visibility enforcement, which mea

Justice committee  Mr. Rankin, to answer that question, I would tell you it is something that could be articulated in statute and a requirement, but it is simply not in Colorado. Now, as I said in my testimony, I am doing work for the State of Nevada where the State of Nevada actually has that requ

Justice committee  There aren't statistics, but I can tell you anecdotally that, absolutely, there are extreme differences in that. One of the concerns, of course, with delta-9 THC is that it's ephemeral. I'm grossly oversimplifying it, but let's just say delta-9 dissipates from the blood very quic

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Rankin. That's a lot to unpack. I would say to you that I think the United States and Canada, in terms of impaired driving training, operate fairly parallel. For a police officer who is going through a basic training program to become a police officer will typical

Justice committee  We went down the path of trying to create a per se law. We went three years into our state legislature to try and pass a five-nanogram of delta-9 THC per se law. We did not end up with that. Instead, we ended up with what is called a permissible inference. If somebody is arrested

Justice committee  Data collection is such an imperative piece. First of all, it establishes baselines. That's a critical component to determining whether legalization has had an impact. I will tell you that Colorado government agencies struggle to answer this question because we didn't have good b

Justice committee  It's difficult for me to say. Typically, in most of the states that allow a form of recreational or medical marijuana, there's a lot of deference to local governments to decide whether they will permit marijuana businesses such as the retail-facing dispensaries. I think geography

Justice committee  Mr. Chairman, and distinguished members of the committee, my name is Chris Halsor. I am a Colorado lawyer and a former 14-year prosecutor. Just so you guys have background on me, I was a line deputy district attorney who tried cases. I've tried everything from off-leash dogs to f