Avetta Marketplace Unveils Test for Recent Marijuana Use

OREM, Utah -- Avetta, a provider of supply chain risk management, with Hound Labs, Inc. has announced the availability of the world’s first ultra-sensitive solution for detecting and measuring recent marijuana use in breath.

The two companies partnered to provide supply chain companies in the Avetta Marketplace with the Hound Marijuana Breathalyzer. Avetta connects leading global organizations across several industries, including oil/gas, telecom, construction materials, facilities management and many others, with qualified and vetted suppliers, contractors and vendors.

The breathalyzer will reach general availability this spring, and quotes are now available for Avetta Marketplace members to secure a system at a discounted rate.

“Hound Labs’ solution is a key method to help both employees and companies maintain safety in all areas of the supply chain,” said Richard Parke, SVP Supplier Services at Avetta. “Companies now have an accurate way to determine whether or not employees recently used marijuana prior to coming to the job site. This process is especially critical in states where recreational marijuana use is legal.”

Drug tests that analyze oral fluid, hair, blood and urine can tell only whether someone used marijuana at some point in the past—up to hours, days, weeks or months ago—long after impairment subsides.

The Hound Marijuana Breathalyzer is a fairer test because it measures THC in breath for the few hours that correlate with peak impairment. Testing only recent marijuana use within the peak impairment window1 avoids basing employment decisions on irrelevant information about past use.

Using the Hound Labs breathalyzer maintains workplaces as impairment-free environments, promoting safety and productivity of employees.

“The Hound Marijuana Breathalyzer provides Avetta member companies with a critical tool to help ensure their workplaces are safe without having to base employment decisions on positive tests for past marijuana use that may have legally occurred after work hours,” said Mike Lynn, CEO and Co-Founder of Hound Labs.

Avetta’s Marketplace also allows suppliers to purchase discounted safety products and other safety-related services. Marketplace enhances membership value by reducing costs, saving time, improving performance and growing the businesses of contractors and suppliers who participate. Avetta was the first in the industry to offer a “Marketplace” of these kinds of value-added services.

For more information about the Hound Marijuana Breathalyzer, visit the Avetta Marketplace.

Avetta leads the world in connecting leading global organizations across several industries, including oil/gas, telecom, construction materials, facilities management and many others, with qualified and vetted suppliers, contractors and vendors.

Avetta currently serves more than 450 enterprise companies and 100K suppliers across 100+ countries. Visit www.avetta.com for more information.

1 https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/809725-drugshumanperformfs.pdf

2 The HOUND MARIJUANA BREATHALYZER is intended to detect recent marijuana use. It does not measure whether, or how much, a person is impaired. It is intended solely for use in law enforcement, employment, and insurance settings. It should not be used for any medical or therapeutic purposes, or for any Federal drug testing programs, such as programs run by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the U.S. military.