Cannabis & Oral Fluid Testing Testing News
Driving While High: Marijuana Users
Twice as Likely to Crash, AAA Study Finds
Nearly 15 million people report driving while high on pot, making them twice as likely to be involved in a crash, a new AAA study has found.
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The study also showed more drivers view texting or talking on cellphones while driving to be more risky behavior than smoking weed and getting behind the wheel, according to the 2018… READ MORE
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HHS Oral Fluid Testing Guidelines To Be Released
The urine test will no longer be the only approved testing method for safety-sensitive and other federal employees. The HSS Oral Fluid Testing Guidelines will be released tomorrow.
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It’s the end of a long road for those who’ve been waiting for oral fluid testing to become a federally approved employee drug testing method. Health and Human Services (HSS) proposed guidelines for oral fluid drug testing… READ MORE
Triple Beam Technologies News
Akron Start-up Triple Beam Technologies
Developing Breathalyzer for Marijuana
An Akron start-up could be one of the first companies to create a device that can detect marijuana compounds in someone's body, with potential uses for law enforcement or doctors and their patients.
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Long before Ohio's Medical Marijuana Control Program allowed thousands of residents to buy more than $12 million of medical marijuana products, Kathy Stitzlein and her kids saw a business opportunity. READ MORE
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Innovation Fund Awards $175,000
to Four Northeast Ohio Tech Startups
March 14, 2017: Four local startups will receive a combined $175,000 from Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio, the region’s most active pre-seed fund for technology startups. The companies will use awards between $25,000 and $100,000 to complete specific projects that will bring their technologies closer… READ MORE
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Marijuana Testing Device Moves Closer to Reality
Akron's Triple Beam Technologies continues to move forward in its efforts to create a device that can measure how much THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, is in a person's body by testing a saliva sample.
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The company has proven its concept in the lab and now is working to create a prototype of the device. READ MORE
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Taking the High Road on Safety
Triple Beam Technologies is preparing to begin field testing a hand-held device that will help police officers determine whether marijuana users are too high to drive safely—technology developed in response to the legalization of medical and/or recreational marijuana by one state after another. READ MORE