Ruling: THC test not needed for probable cause
Court: Circumstantial evidence sufficient, even lacking proof that 'pot' wasn't legal hemp
It is unnecessary to test suspected marijuana for THC levels before charging a felony crime, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
That’s despite state law changes that have legalized industrial hemp—a visually indistinguishable cannabis cousin that also contains trace amounts of marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient.
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