{"id":1399,"date":"2022-10-10T12:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2025-04-21T21:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T01:50:46","slug":"can-you-get-a-dui-for-being-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-you-get-a-dui-for-being-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Get a DUI for Being High?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people ask us if you can get a DUI for being high. The answer is yes, you can get a DUI in Michigan for being high on Marijuana. If you use cannabis for medical or recreational purposes, you might wonder, &#8220;How do cops test for a weed DUI? Police officers will use the same kind of roadside tests used for one involving alcohol. So, from this perspective, there is little difference in a DUI with weed vs. alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>What many drivers don\u2019t realize is that you can be arrested for driving under the influence of marijuana even if you used it legally and hours earlier. Michigan law doesn\u2019t set a legal limit for THC like it does for alcohol, so the decision to arrest often depends on the officer\u2019s observations\u2014things like your driving behavior, field sobriety test performance, and physical appearance. This creates a lot of legal gray areas, especially for people who use medical marijuana and may have residual THC in their system without being impaired.<\/p>\n<p>Without getting to technical, one difference is that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/drug-recognition-experts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DRE officer<\/a> might be involved if the cops suspect marijuana impairment. Another difference is that there is currently no DUI breath test for weed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-you-get-a-dui-for-being-high\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can You Get a DUI for Being High?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people ask us if you can get a DUI for being high. The answer is yes, you can get a DUI in Michigan for being high on Marijuana. If you use cannabis for medical or recreational purposes, you might wonder, &#8220;How do cops test for a weed DUI? Police officers will use the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,25,10,21,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blood-testing","category-dui","category-dui-defense","category-dui-drug-charges","category-dui-enforcement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can You Get a DUI for Being High? &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; October 10, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many people ask us if you can get a DUI for being high. The answer is yes, you can get a DUI in Michigan for being high on Marijuana. 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