Reply #228: I just thought he was assuming too much about the cops wanting to waste time on this

[ima_sinnic]

I just can't picture them bothering to set up "checkpoints" when they know damn well a residue in urine could be 30 days or more old, just for the sake of finding people who have smoked pot. They have all kinds of excuses they can use now, ferchrissake, if they really want to pick people up and drug test them, since pot IS illegal to use.

I am under the impression that checkpoints are kind of a drastic solution to a real problem--when drunk drivers are getting out of hand, say, on New Years Eve. They are drastic because they skirt constitutionality and are costly, I would imagine, and distracting to police, who are now engaged in collecting urine from stoners instead of responding to real emergencies or working to solve real crimes like murder, robbery, and rape. I have heard numerous cops complain online or even in person that they'd rather not have to bother with people who smoke pot--they consider it a victimless crime that really hurts no one. A good many of them smoke it themselves.