How high are you? There’s an app for that. Or, at least the federal government wants there to be, and it’s offering researchers cash to develop it. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) issued a request for proposals this week to create technologies for detecting what they are calling “Digital Markers for Marijuana Intoxication.” Specifically, the feds want to pay to support the development of iPhone and Android apps that can one day be used by police officers to determine whether drivers are too high to drive.
