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Drug Tests Show Marijuana Use at 14-Year High Among Workers
“It makes a difference if someone used marijuana at some point in the last four hours, versus the last four days,” Mr. Hall [executive vice president of environmental health and safety at executive vice president of environmental health and safety] said. View the full article here >
Read MoreHound Labs eyes launch of first marijuana breathalyzer
Some companies, particularly in industries involving heavy machinery, are interested in finding a way to control staff use of marijuana, now that it is legal in 10 US states and some countries around the world. View the full article here >
Read MoreThis ER doctor is about to debut the first marijuana breathalyzer, and he’s already raised $35 million from investors including the creator of ‘Law & Order’
THC is present in extremely low concentrations in breath. […] “It came down to finding the needle in 10,000 haystacks,” said [Mike] Lynn. View the full article here >
Read MoreThis Company Claims It’s Created the World’s First Weed Breathalyzer
“There is no good roadside test,” [Mike Lynn] said. “The challenge even with drug recognition experts who really do have a lot of training is there’s some subjectivity. We’re trying to provide the objectivity.” View the full article here >
Read MoreEffects of legalized recreational marijuana on California roadways
In 2018, the first full year of [California’s] prop 64, there were 333 DUI marijuana arrests — that is a 69 percent increase [from 2017]. View the full article here >
Read MoreLocal charges, but no conviction yet for driving with pot in the car
An American company is still conducting field tests on its roadside device it says can detect whether the driver has consumed marijuana within the last two hours, considered to be the peak time of impairment. View the full article here >
Read MoreWhat Makes Testing for Marijuana Impairment so Challenging?
Breath is the only place in the body where THC remains for just a few hours after smoking, which makes it a much more useful indicator of recent use and possible impairment than any other THC drug test. View the full article here >
Read MoreI-Team Exclusive: The Marijuana Test
This is totally different than all the other measurement devices out there, saliva, blood urine and what not. Only breath allows you to determine that somebody smoked in the last couple of hours,’ says Lynn. View the full article now >
Read MoreThe Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact
The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Tracking Area has published annual reports every year since 2013 tracking the impact of legalizing recreational marijuana in Colorado. The purpose is to provide data and information so that policy makers and citizens can make informed decisions on the issue of marijuana legalization. View the full report here >
Read MoreNew Breathalyzer May Detect Pot Impairment
The device uses the breath to measure THC, the psychoactive chemical in pot that makes you high. Lynn told NBC 7 the breathalyzer can accurately detect if someone has smoked pot in the last few hours. – Read Full Article
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