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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Breath test to detect pot is being developed at WSU

Posted: 11/29/2014 9:54:36 PM EDT

Expect a lot more DUI's in the future

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/11/28/3513737_breath-test-to-detect-pot-is-being.html?sp=/99/296/331/&rh=1

A team at Washington State University is working to develop a
breath test that could quickly determine whether a driver is under the
influence of marijuana.

Law enforcement officers already use
preliminary breath tests in the field to estimate drivers’ blood alcohol
content. But no similar portable tool exists to test for marijuana
impairment via a breath sample.

Stoned drivers have become an
increasing concern since Washington voters legalized recreational use of
marijuana in 2012. A quarter of blood samples taken from drivers in
2013, the first full year the initiative was in effect, came back
positive for pot.

WSU chemistry professor Herbert Hill said that
existing technologies — including those already used by airport security
and customs agents to detect drugs and explosives — can be re-purposed
to test breath for THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana.

Hill
said he and WSU doctoral student Jessica Tufariello are working on a
handheld device that uses a technique called ion mobility spectrometry
to detect THC in someone’s breath.

Right now, officers and
prosecutors rely on blood tests to determine how much active THC is
present in a driver’s blood. Those test results aren’t immediately
available to patrol officers who suspect someone is driving high.

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Posted: 11/29/2014 11:07:13 PM EDT

[#1]

I'm strangely OK with this.

Posted: 11/29/2014 11:07:13 PM EDT

[#2]

**EDIT: I really need to replace this mouse.

Posted: 11/29/2014 11:20:26 PM EDT

[#3]

I say someone posts WSU doctoral student Jessica Tufariello's home adress and phone# so all the potheads can let her know how they like her product and to order her a few thousand pizzas

Posted: 11/29/2014 11:23:46 PM EDT

[#4]

Beats those "drug detection trained" cops.

Posted: 11/29/2014 11:26:09 PM EDT

[#5]

As soon as they hit the market I'm starting a Washington based business delivering Cheetos, Doritos, and nachos to the doors of stoners.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Breath test to detect pot is being developed at WSU

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