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HIGHway Stop: Cops to Trial Groundbreaking Marijuana Breathalyzer Test in California

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 08:45

Law enforcement officials in California for the first time have field-tested a pioneering marijuana breathalyzer, which also has been touted as the first device of its kind to detect edible pot products on drivers' breath.

The announcement was made on Tuesday by Hound Labs Inc, an Oakland-based scientific-device company that was founded in 2014 by Dr Mike Lynn, and emergency room doctor and reserve deputy sheriff with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

The company's marijuana detector, dubbed The Hound, promises to give law enforcement immediate measurements for the few hours that tetrahydrocannabinol - the principal ingredient in marijuana - is present in a person's breath.

Disruptive technology: Hound Labs Inc, an Oakland-based scientific-device company, announced Tuesday that law enforcement officials for the first time have field-tested its portable marijuana detector

Until now, police had been forced to rely on blood, urine and saliva tests to detect THC in a driver's system,...

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