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Aristus

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13. Probably not necessary.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 04:14 PM

Oct 2014

It would be difficult to obtain, store, transport and test a gaseous specimen. A blood test for cannabis is pretty cheap. A urine test is even cheaper.

Any diagnostic information gleaned from a fart-test could probably be obtained from the history of present illness alone.

And without the bad smell...

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Medical Testing Question.... [View all] jberryhill Oct 2014 OP

These questions are posed by a person TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #1

okay, but could you tell if someone was smoking weed? jberryhill Oct 2014 #2

Dunno about smoking, but pot brownie... TreasonousBastard Oct 2014 #3

they have color? jberryhill Oct 2014 #8

My favorite farts pipi_k Oct 2014 #11

Okay, you would ask me that question. TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #4

isn't the nose essentially a chemical.analyzer? jberryhill Oct 2014 #7

Yes the nose is a chemical analyzer; TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #10

Probably not necessary. Aristus Oct 2014 #13

But this does lead to the pssibility of an arcane method of checking for illicit drugs csziggy Oct 2014 #14

"And if it detects a smell it doesn't like..." jberryhill Oct 2014 #16

I had a friend in college............ mrmpa Oct 2014 #5

I don't know about anyone else, but I have always been able to tell from a persons fart A Simple Game Oct 2014 #6

I hate when that happens jberryhill Oct 2014 #9

How would you collect the farts? jmowreader Oct 2014 #12

I thought I was on Yahoo Answers for a second. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #15

see post #14 - What if they had THC fart detectors? jberryhill Oct 2014 #17

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