Launch HN: SannTek (YC S19) – Breathalyzer for Cannabis

Post by Phlarp » Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 5:02 AM UTC

water42 wrote: post #200

cbthrowaway wrote: post #176

I've been a daily cannabis user for over a decade. I have a prescription for this, like millions of others with prescriptions for psychoactive medications without driving limitations. Would you send someone to prison for driving because they took their Adderall that morning? Cannabis is not like alcohol in regard to impairment of motor function and decision-making under the influence. Surely the same concentrations o…

There's nothing wrong with having a prescription for marijuana, even if the "prescription" is really just a state medical license provided by a sketchy doctor that you slip 200 USD once a year. But please stay off the roads while you're under "psychoactive" effects (read: high) . There are LEGAL drugs that are illegal to use while operating a motor vehicle.

Post by big_chungus » Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 5:52 AM UTC

roguecoder wrote: post #337

rwbcxrz wrote: post #291

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That study [0] had so many flaws it's not even funny. 1. It only had 12 participants 2. One of those participants was excluded from the final results 3. They didn't test the participants' (or a separate group's) driving ability while under the influence of alcohol (they used a simulator, so it would have been fine), and so you really can't use the results to make any comparisons between dehydration and alcohol use 4.…

I kind of love that biased test results funded by Big Water are a thing.

Post by sjy » Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 7:11 AM UTC

michaelmrose wrote: post #347

cookie_monsta wrote: post #344

I had no idea this was such a polemic topic. Police have been doing roadside saliva-swab tests for cannabis, ecstasy and meth where I live for years now https://adf.org.au/insights/roadside-drug-testing/ Is it because it's a breathalyser? My personal feeling is that lumping those three drugs in together (along with alcohol) is a blunt approach (which admittedly is often what the law favours) - I'd much rather be shar…

It's a problem if it measures use instead of impairment especially where use is legal even more so if use is medical. You'd find it pretty stupid if a breathalyzer sunk your life where you had a beer yesterday or 2 oz of beer 30 minutes ago.

Post by tom_mellior » Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 7:38 AM UTC

Noah_SannTek wrote: post #10

jongold wrote: post #2

Have you considered not selling technology to cops?

Yes! There has been interest from safety-sensitive industries such as transportation, energy, manufacturing, construction, and oil & gas to use our device to help prevent life-threatening accidents in the workplace.

Post by rorykoehler » Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 9:06 AM UTC

chadash wrote: post #31

I don't understand the negativity in many of the comments here. I'm all for legalization of marijuana, but I actually think that the inability to test for people driving high is a very reasonable argument against legalization. I generally feel that people should be able to make their own choices, but not if those choices involve driving a 3000 pound piece of metal down the highway while impaired. Yes, we need to be c…