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re: Breathalyzer for Pot: Scientists develop device to detect high drivers
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:37 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:37 pm to Darth_Vader
This could also be used by employers who don't necessarily care if their employees smoke in their free time, but don't want high employees at work. Now they either have to choose to test for it or not.
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Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:38 pm to Darth_Vader
This is going to bring in insane amounts of money for police departments
If it only detects if it is in your system and not if you are high then boom, if you smoked a week ago and get pulled over and blow and then you're going to jail
For driving sober
This sounds like bad news to me
If it only detects if it is in your system and not if you are high then boom, if you smoked a week ago and get pulled over and blow and then you're going to jail
For driving sober
This sounds like bad news to me
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:40 pm to Jim Rockford
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is not designed to detect how stoned a driver is, but simply to confirm whether they have THC in their system.
It's be a lot cooler if it did.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:43 pm to tidalmouse
My Doctor told me I had to give up marijuana.She said "This is Alabama".
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:43 pm to yankeeundercover
for some reason I really want some doritos right now. mmmmmmmm
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:44 pm to Darth_Vader
This is great. Honestly, with tests like this I am even more pro to making it legal. The only negative I saw was people driving under influence and no way to tell if they were high while driving.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:44 pm to tidalmouse
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My Doctor told me I had to give up marijuana.She said "This is Alabama".
maybe you should leave alabama or get a new doctor.
I will just refuse and go to jail then. let the lawyers fight it.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:47 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:49 pm to Nado Jenkins83
I need the Doctor more than the pot right now.Pain Management.
When my family obligations here end I'll move to a Medical Marijuana State.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:50 pm to TH03
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Good. People shouldn't drive under the influence of anything, including legally obtained marijuana.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:51 pm to Darth_Vader
Knew that wouldn't take long
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:51 pm to Jim Rockford
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So if you've smoked weed in the past ~30 days, you get to go in for a blood test. I don't see this as an infringement at all
I guess it depends how this new method works. If it detects thc from a week before, its bullshite imo. If it only detects thc from a few hours ago, its good imo
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:54 pm to K9
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Will this be able to differentiate between being high while driving and simply having marijuana in your system?
Apparently not. From the article
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The prototype device, which could be tested on humans as soon as next year, is not designed to detect how stoned a driver is, but simply to confirm whether they have THC in their system.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:58 pm to SouthOfSouth
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no way to tell if they were high while driving
They would be doing 10 under the speed limit
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:59 pm to Darth_Vader
What a worthless test. People are going to have to get blood tests because they smoked pot a few days before they get pulled over.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 1:03 pm to OKTiger83
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no way to tell if they were high while driving
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They would be doing 10 under the speed limit
Because they'd be doing rape
This post was edited on 12/2/14 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 12/2/14 at 1:10 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:Exactly. It's pointless because we already have ways of seeing if you have thc in your system. The problem is being able to tell when the last time someone smoked.
What a worthless test. People are going to have to get blood tests because they smoked pot a few days before they get pulled over.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 1:32 pm to Melvin
Posted on 12/2/14 at 2:05 pm to Jones
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If it detects thc from a week before, its bullshite imo. If it only detects thc from a few hours ago, its good imo
I'd assume it works in the window of your typical saliva test that can see back about 12 hours on average (thanks google).
It's not like a piss test that tests for metabolites that stay in your system far longer than active THC does.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 2:10 pm to Epic Cajun
From a 2013 High Times article:
It still sounds like a go/no-go breath test. Also, I haven't seen anything that indicates if breath tests give an indication for ingested MJ products. Police are still using observation to evaluate your state of intoxication. Here's my all-time favorite drug testing method, so be sure you practice in advance:
The bottom line is if you fail, then you will get a blood test. In Colorado, the legal limit is 5 ng.
quote:High Times
What they found was that while every breath sample collected tested positive for THC almost immediately following the participant getting high, the only group to maintain a positive test after four hours were the everyday stoners. Interestingly, while 90% of the part-time smokers tested positive for THC within an hour of smoking, none of them tested positive after about 90 minutes. This means that a marijuana breathalyzer manufactured under these principles would only be effective for somewhere between 30 minutes to two hours immediately following a person’s participation in an old-fashioned toke and choke ritual.
It still sounds like a go/no-go breath test. Also, I haven't seen anything that indicates if breath tests give an indication for ingested MJ products. Police are still using observation to evaluate your state of intoxication. Here's my all-time favorite drug testing method, so be sure you practice in advance:
quote:DRE - Drug Recognition Experts
When you use cannabis you aren’t going to be able to cross your eyes
The bottom line is if you fail, then you will get a blood test. In Colorado, the legal limit is 5 ng.
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