 | Drug Testing: Driver drug testing to be trialled this year |
 The police have confirmed that drug testing of drivers will be trialled this year. The trials will run in several districts at once for between three and six months, with the Waikato and Christchurch understood to be possible locations.
Police at roadside checkpoints will examine drivers' pupil dilation and those suspected of having used drugs would have to do co-ordination tests like walking in a straight line. Drivers who police suspect of using drugs will be taken to hospital for further tests.
Green MP Nandor Tanczos pointed out that
“Drug tests currently available can only prove if someone has used cannabis at some point in the past, and there is nothing to indicate if a driver was actually impaired at the time they were stopped.”
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