The Future of Marijuana Testing In College Sports
We’ve already seen many famous sports athletes claiming how Marijuana saved their life. It’s about time when Marijuana will be allowed in the sports industry. Read the full story on The Fresh Toast
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Marijuana on the job: Some new twists in drug testing
Using Marijuana on the Job: Allowed or Not? Three years after recreational marijuana was legalized in California, it still casts a cloud over most job applicants. Many employers in the state still require drug screening as a prerequisite for hiring someone, experts in the hiring field say. And while recreational use and possession are allowed … Read more
New cannabis field test can help distinguish legal hemp from illegal marijuana
New cannabis field tests can help distinguish legal hemp from illegal marijuana. It’s a tale of two cannabis products: hemp and marijuana. One is legal and isn’t supposed to get you high, and the other you can only use medicinally in Florida. The most distinguishing factor between the two is the amount of the chemical … Read more
New sweat test could help detect a person’s marijuana-use
Forensic chemist Jan Halámek is proving that our own perspiration not only gives away how drunk we are – but if we are high, too. Through new research, published in December’s edition of ACS Sensors, the Halámek lab has captured the ability to detect a person’s marijuana-use based on contents in a small skin secretion that … Read more
Road Trip: Cannabis edibles may avoid detection in drug tests, toxicologist says
RCMP say although they use drug-testing technology only the standard field sobriety test needs to be used to lay impaired driving charges This story is part of The GrowthOp’s Road Trip series, which focuses on the intersection between the legalization of cannabis edibles and other products on October 17th, and driving while under the influence. … Read more
The Benefits of Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS™) Testing in Substance Use Disorder
Following 25 years of extensive research by many scientists worldwide, a panel of ten reward gene risk variants, called the Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS), has been developed. In unpublished work, when GARS was compared to the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), which has been used in many clinical settings, GARS significantly predicted the severity of … Read more
CBD or THC? Common Drug Test Can’t Tell the Difference
By Amanda Chicago LewisThose cannabidiol-laced gummy bears may be entirely legal, but they could still get you arrested on marijuana possession charges. In June of 2018, Mark Pennington received troubling news from his ex-girlfriend, with whom he shared custody of their 2-year-old son. She had taken a hair follicle from the boy, she said, and had … Read more