How’s it growing folks!? Welcome to the latest episode of Here Weed Go!

In this episode, I’m looking at a new and interesting technology. Like most new technology there’s some virtual reality and artificial intelligence involved, but not in a way you might suspect.

Ken Fichtler is the former chief business development officer for the state of Montana and current CEO of Gaize, the technology start-up responsible for a ground breaking impairment detection technology.

Gaize is focused on helping determine if someone driving or working is impaired by marijuana, but approaches the notoriously difficult problem of figuring out is someone is actually impaired with a unique, but very appropriate for the times, solution: A virtual (or augmented) reality headset.

And as of this week, February 13, it is on the market. That comes after the world's largest cannabis impairment clinical trial.

Fichtler explains why his company's approach is more accurate in determining actual impairment than some breathalyzer based-technologies and why he believes that being able to police cannabis in public spaces and the workplace is essential to making it legal.

Our discussion also touches on the ethical questions and issues surrounding VR headsets and artificial intelligence, what a technology like Gaize could mean for the trucking and shipping industry and if the headset can be re-calibrated to detect for impairment of other substances or drugs.

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For more info on Gaize: https://www.gaize.ai/

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