{"id":7423,"date":"2017-05-26T18:04:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T18:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=6189"},"modified":"2017-05-26T18:04:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T18:04:39","slug":"researchers-need-volunteers-to-smoke-marijuana-for-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/researchers-need-volunteers-to-smoke-marijuana-for-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers Need Volunteers To Smoke Marijuana For Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/researchers-need-volunteers-to-smoke-marijuana-for-study\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Researchers at Washington State University are looking for volunteers for a study to develop a breathalyzer that detects marijuana use.<\/p>\n<p>Under Washington state law, drivers with five nanograms of active tetrahydrocannabinol, also referred to as THC, in their bloodstream can be prosecuted for driving under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>In accordance with Washington state law volunteers must be at least 21-years-old to participate in the study.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will begin with a blood test and a mouth swab as part of preliminary testing. The volunteers will then purchase marijuana of their choice from a Washington state licensed retail store, and smoke it privately at their own home.<\/p>\n<p>Taxi cabs will pick up the volunteers from their homes and bring them to a hospital to complete secondary testing. The taxi cabs will help avoid any participant from driving under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers will be paid $30 an hour for the first hour and $10 for every additional hour of participation.<\/p>\n<p>The study will also encourage participants to partake in a standard sobriety test conducted by local law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation legalizing marijuana for medical usage while eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/researchers-need-volunteers-to-smoke-marijuana-for-study.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Ron Strider <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/trending-now\/researchers-need-volunteers-to-smoke-marijuana-for-study_\/524932535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Researchers need volunteers to smoke marijuana for study | WSB-TV<\/a><br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/station\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Us | WSB-TV<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: Shutterstock<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic and Sports | WSB-TV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Washington State University are looking for volunteers for a study to develop a breathalyzer that detects marijuana use.&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2017\/05\/researchers-need-volunteers-smoke-marijuana-study\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1597,9,1,3],"tags":[4165],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}