breathalyzer

As the Golden State gears up for recreational marijuana use to become legal, law enforcement officials and employers will eventually be able to use a tool to check if people are driving or working under the influence of weed. That's because an Oakland company is developing a breathalyzer to...

Starting in January, anyone over the age of 21 will be able to buy recreational marijuana in California. That's already the case in states like Oregon and Washington. And while buyers will be able to choose from a cornucopia of cannabis products, law enforcement still won't have a fast, reliable...

In a first for the legal marijuana industry, a prominent venture capital firm has made moves to cash in. On May 23, Hound Labs, an Oakland-based startup that makes a breathalyzer for marijuana, announced a new $8.1 million round of funding led by Benchmark Capital. In the past, the Silicon...

In November, Massachusetts and California legalized marijuana consumption as Florida, Arkansas, and North Dakota became the 26th, 27th, and 28th states to legalize the consumption of medically prescribed marijuana. When the new legislation goes into effect, half of Americans will live in states...

Berkeley, CA - Police have alcohol breathalyzers to combat drunk driving, and they may soon have marijuana breathalyzers available to them. "We had to develop some new chemistry that can actually be done. It was not obvious when we started that we could tag this," Chemist Matt Francis, with...