A marijuana breathalyzer will begin clinical trials early next year, the Oakland, California-based Hound Labs Inc. announced this week.
"The idea is that law enforcement will have one device out on the road to test for both THC [a marijuana component] and alcohol," said Hound Labs CEO and founder Dr. Mike Lynn, an emergency room physician at Highland Hospital, in Oakland.
Typically, measuring the level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) -- the psychoactive component in cannabis that gives users a "high" -- is done using urine, blood, or saliva tests. The results can show if marijuana has been used in recent days or weeks, but they are not a very accurate way to measure real-time impairment, said Lynn.
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4 comments:
Amazing! Mathias and his (paid) supporters want to be able to grow the stuff and distribute to the hooked (opps, medical users).
Why do we need Government endorsed outlets and control? Didn't we just go through this with booze in Worcester County?
If it's MEDICAL, use licensed Pharmacies for mostly everything from doctor to patient. That at least cuts out the drug cartels.
oh geesh they just need to stop with all this bs
Is that you Nancy Reagan? Reefer Madness. Once the kids get hooked on that weed they are done for. They can never grow up to be a doctor, lawyer, senator or president. Hmmm, well the Bush boys smoked pot and Obama too. Guess that theory went up in smoke so to speak. All this talk about pot is giving me the munchies, think I'll go kill a bag of Fritos or some Ben and Jerry's.
Weed is a gateway drug that's a proven fact.
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