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Driving While High: Its Prevalence, Misperceptions, and Impact
With marijuana legalization spreading throughout the U.S., it’s not surprising that marijuana use is on the rise. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 9% of the U.S. population over 18 years old used marijuana in the past month.¹ In Colorado, where recreational marijuana use has been legal since November 2012, adult…
Read MoreHow Long Can Marijuana be Detected in Drug Tests?
The short answer is, it depends. Several drug testing methodologies exist today, and they all detect past usage of marijuana over different time frames. Before we delve deeper in the specifics, let’s first agree on what we mean by a detection window. What is a drug detection window? A drug detection window is simply the…
Read MoreAsk Dr. Lynn – Benefits of breath testing for THC
Dr. Lynn explains why breath – where THC stays for just 2-3 hours after smoking – is the best way to measure recent marijuana use.
Read MoreAsk Dr. Lynn – How does a marijuana breath test help employers?
Dr. Lynn addresses the issues employers face due to increasing marijuana legalization.
Read More‘Drive baked, get busted’? Law enforcement says reality looks different
“‘Science needs to come to our aid,’ Snyder said. ‘We need some help.’ The California company Hound Labs might have done just that by developing a breathalyzer test for marijuana.” -Read Full Article
Read MoreHound Labs, Inc. Announces Initial Results of Clinical Trials and Data from Pioneering Research Using the Hound® Marijuana Breathalyzer
Groundbreaking Results Presented at Leading Scientific Conferences
Read MoreEmployers Share Concern About Marijuana Legalization, Regardless of State or Industry
Hound Labs Conducts National Survey About Employer Attitudes Toward Marijuana Legalization
Read More82% of Employers are Concerned about Marijuana Legalization
A new survey of employers in several industries across the country indicates concern about marijuana legalization and increased use. The survey, conducted by OnTarget on behalf of Hound Labs, contains employer views on drug testing policies and hiring in addition to specific concerns. Marijuana in the Workplace Survey from HoundLabsInc Download Research Report
Read MoreHound Labs High-Speed Track Test, June 2017
Hound Labs conducted high-speed driving tests on a track to observe drivers under the influence of marijuana and to analyze the relationship between THC breath levels and driving impairment.
Read MoreDr Mike Lynn of Hound Labs talks about this company’s marijuana breathalyzer and his efforts to make it a useful tool for law enforcement.
Determining whether someone is impaired from marijuana and thus unsafe to drive is challenging. A new marijuana breathalyzer uses scientific advances to measure THC breath within the past few hours, the time period in which the federal government claims is indicative of impairment. Listen to audio here.
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