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  • Das Bundesverfassungsgericht erklärte die Durchführung eines Gesetzes, nach dem Verkehrsteilnehmer mit jeder nachweisbaren THC-Konzentration im Blut unter dem Einfluss von Cannabis stehen, als verfassungswidrig.
  • La Cour constitutionnelle fédérale de Karlsruhe, la plus haute cour allemande, a déclaré anticonstitutionnel l'application de la loi qui définit comme étant sous l'influence du cannabis tout conducteur présentant tout niveau détectable de THC dans le sang.

Germany: Cannabis and driving

The Federal Constitutional Court, the highest German court, declared unconstitutional the enforcement of a law, which defines motorists with any detectable level of THC in the blood as being under the influence of cannabis.

The court said that the prosecution of persons who test positive for trace levels of THC without being impaired, was not the legislative intent of the law. It noted that scientists usually do not assume the existence of an acute effect with blood concentrations below 1 ng/ml THC.

The judges decided on a case of a man who was driving while having a THC concentration below 0.5 ng/ml in his blood. He had admitted to have smoked cannabis 16 hours before the ride and as taken away his driving licence by the authorities.

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(Source: Press release of the German Federal Constitutional Court of 13 January 2005)
  • Das Bundesverfassungsgericht erklärte die Durchführung eines Gesetzes, nach dem Verkehrsteilnehmer mit jeder nachweisbaren THC-Konzentration im Blut unter dem Einfluss von Cannabis stehen, als verfassungswidrig.
  • La Cour constitutionnelle fédérale de Karlsruhe, la plus haute cour allemande, a déclaré anticonstitutionnel l'application de la loi qui définit comme étant sous l'influence du cannabis tout conducteur présentant tout niveau détectable de THC dans le sang.
Update Saturday 5 February 2005 17:47, published Monday 31 January 2005 12:30

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