Hound Labs is gearing up to launch the world's first marijuana breathalyzer, which could help police figure out whether people are driving while high.
Two studies on the effects of marijuana on drivers have completely different results
The subjectivity involved in marijuana policing could also play a role in a bigger problem that Lynn and Evans think Hound's device may help curb: racial discrimination.The Hound Labs marijuana breathalyzer could give police an objective way to measure impaired driving.Statistics on marijuana and police arrests suggest that racism plays a strong role in the policing of cannabis, and it remains to be seen whether Hound Labs' device will impact that.
"If you do get pulled over and you're a member of a minority community, you now have something objective that you can point to," he said."People get killed by people driving under the influence no matter what nationality or race they are," Evans said, adding,"tools like this are going to be how we stop that."
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