Long-term, frequent marijuana users can face jail time on top of a DUI charge on their record for up to three months after using. A DUI is given when a person is considered to be impaired while driving. when it comes to marijuana, the drug stays in your system for longer amounts of time, meaning that you can still test positive for the drug when the intoxicating effects have worn off. This means that people who use marijuana for medical purposes can be charged for a crime weeks after smoking marijuana. Many innocent patients face jail time and large fines for medicine prescribed to them by a doctor. In a blog by Time Magazine, they wrote on a federal research study done by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Within this study,
