By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star
In what would be a precedent-setting case, the state’s high court was asked Friday to decide, in essence, whether someone who smokes marijuana – even legally – can ever drive in this state.
In a petition to the Arizona Supreme Court, the attorney for Hrach Shilgevorkyan does not deny his client had at some point inhaled marijuana before his December 
2010 arrest by a Maricopa County sheriff’s deputy who pulled him over for speeding. That was confirmed by a blood test that showed evidence of carboxy-THC, a metabolite of the drug.
But Michael Alarid III said this particular metabolite can remain in someone’s system for up to a month after marijuana has been used. But it becomes “inactive,” he asserts.
If you’d like to discuss medical marijuana, contact Ryan Hurley, director of the Rose Law Group Medical Marijuana Dept., rhurley@roselawgroup.com
