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UK Motorists to face roadside drug tests
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by Dave Keating | November 21, 2008 at 12:38 am
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Starting next year, police in the UK will start administering rapis drug tests on motorosts right at the side of the road. Up till now it has been easy to rapidly test people for intoxication from alcohol, but testing for drugs usually took around 10 minutes.
New technology that can test drivers for illegal drugs in as little as90 seconds will be ready for police use as early as next year, The Independent has learnt.
Government officials are keen to approve the roadside gadgetry "as soon as possible", with developers working to have the devices ready for use by the second half of next year. The breakthrough technology will allow police officers to test drivers for heroin, cocaine, cannabis, methamphetamines and amphetamines by testing a swab of a driver's saliva in a handheld device.
Roadside testing has been hampered in the past by the slowness of the process, which can take about 10 minutes. Other effective drugs tests require a urine sample, making them difficult to implement for drug-driving tests.
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at 19:12 on November 22nd, 2008
Hope it helps.
at 00:54 on November 23rd, 2008
If it is goes like it did over here in Victoria, Australia there were a bunch of false positives to start with that were thrown out of court.
at 22:17 on November 23rd, 2008
looks like we will have to give blood for a buzz now