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University of Akron students invent device to detect marijuana in drivers

AKRON, Ohio — Two University of Akron students won a $10,000 inventors’ award for developing a sensor that they say will allow police to determine in minutes if a driver is under the influence of marijuana.

Mariam Crow and Kathleen Stitzlein, graduate students in biomedical engineering, hope to eventually market their roadside testing device, the Cannibuster, to police in states where marijuana has been legalized, according to the university. Read more »

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