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Marijuana Breathalyzers could soon be a reality
The device would be able to test if someone had smoked within the past three hours. Some locals […] say that marijuana breathalyzers could crack down on impaired driving and it could be beneficial to businesses.
Topics: Marijuana DUI, THC Science, Workplace Policies
Driving while stoned? Cannabis breathalyzers expected to hit the street in 2020
Developing the breath test has been “amazingly challenging science,” but building a device to do it has grown exponentially more important as more and more jurisdictions legalize both medical and recreational marijuana use, Lynn said.
Topics: Marijuana DUI, THC Science, Workplace Policies
Driving while stoned? Cannabis breathalyzers expected to hit the street in 2020
Lynn said he expects the Hound Labs device will also be used in the workplace, where employers can ensure that workers are not high on the job, and employees won’t face sanctions if they partied the day before.
Topics: Marijuana DUI, THC Science, Workplace Policies
On your mark. Get set. Blow: The race to build a breathalyzer for weed
Old tests for marijuana looked for trace elements in things like blood, urine, and hair. But legalization changed all of this. Suddenly marijuana testing became a spectrum, with the need to delineate between the person who threw five on it a week ago, but who still has evidence of weed in their bodily fluids, and the person who’s dangerously blazed right this moment.
Topics: Marijuana DUI, THC Science, Workplace Policies
The startup behind the world’s first cannabis breathalyzer just raised a fresh $30 million and offered a glimpse at how the device works
Shawn Ellis, a managing director at NFP Ventures, sees Hound’s device as an alternative to test methods currently used across industries like construction and trucking. Those tests can’t distinguish between someone who just smoked and someone who used several days before.
Topics: Marijuana DUI, THC Science, Workplace Policies
Oakland-based company creates breath detector for pot, alcohol
“The good thing is that if it is not in your breath, then you are very unlikely to have used recently,” said Dr. Lynn.
Topics: Marijuana DUI, THC Science, Workplace Policies