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The THC Breathalyzer Hype Machine: Why This Technology Still Doesn’t Solve the Problem

The latest version of this story comes from Virginia Commonwealth University, where researcher Emanuele Alves developed a portable, 3D-printed device shaped like an asthma inhaler that uses “Fast Blue” dye and gelatin cartridges to detect delta-9 THC in exhaled breath without requiring secondary lab analysis. The Justice Department provided funding. Marijuana Moment covered it. OregonLive called it “the marijuana breathalyzer police have been waiting for.”

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