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Marijuana Breathalyzer is in development; Can detect THC in the body

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 07/20/2015 - 07:45

As the social stigma associated with marijuana slowly evaporates with each passing year, it may be just a matter of time before the laws that govern drinking and driving are applied to smoking pot.

Anticipating that change, one Canadian company has already begun testing a breathalyzer for marijuana, the first of its kind. Based out of Vancouver, the aptly named Cannabix Technologies has been testing a prototype device that can accurately detect the presence of THC in a person’s system. As opposed to alcohol breathalyzers, however, the pot breathalyzer in question is unable to measure the degree to which a person who has been smoking pot is impaired.

Speaking to this point, Barry Knott, an executive with experience selling alcohol breathalyzers, tells Reuters that the first generation of pot breathalyzers “will be a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for the presence of THC at the...

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