Testing THC levels for driving under the influence [Video]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Law enforcement across the state of South Dakota wants to ensure those who get behind the wheel are operating safely. There can be many contributing factors to impairment. One of them is marijuana.

It takes just a few seconds of a slowed response time to create a disaster behind the wheel.

“For everyone else, driving under the influence, that is making it dangerous for everyone else,” said Beadle County States Attorney Michael Moore.

Moore explained that there is a defining line for driving under the influence of alcohol, but there’s no set level for THC.

“Some point when you have this amount in your blood, that they then determine that that’s a presumption that you’re under the influence of the marijuana. And I think that’s something that South Dakota needs to look at,” Moore said.

To further complicate the issue, a study from …