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A Wheat Ridge maker of breathalyzers used to detect blood alcohol has landed a $250,000 grant from the Colorado Office of Economic Development to develop a similar instrument to assess THC impairment.
THC is the active ingredient in marijuana.
The grant, which requires matching funds from the company, will allow Lifeloc Technologies to speed development of a tool that will be marketed to law enforcement, corrections, schools and workplaces.
“There is no equivalent of a marijuana breathalyzer today. Law enforcement does not have a fast, reliable and noninvasive THC impairment test available at roadside,” Lifeloc president Barry Knott said in a statement.
