Australia: One In 49 Drivers Fails Drug Test

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Australia: One In 49 Drivers Fails Drug Test

By Brooke Baskin
Feb 25, 2011

ONE motorist in every 49 tests positive to speed, cannabis or ecstasy while driving on Queensland roads, police have revealed.
The Queensland Police Service has nabbed 1000 drivers who tested positive to illicit drug since drug testing began in December, 2007.

Cannabis was the most common drug followed by MDMA and ecstasy.

Male drivers were more likely to have drugs in their system than women, with 868 drug-driving men nabbed.

Most drug drivers were picked up in cars, 145 were driving heavy vehicles, 37 were on motorcycles and seven were driving boats.

Police nabbed 18 drug drivers more than once.

Police Minister Neil Roberts said roadside drug testing had become an integral part of combating Queensland's road toll.

"Roadside drug testing operations continue to ensure Queensland roads are safe from those drivers that consume illicit drugs and choose to drive," he said.

"Take illicit drugs and drive, prepare to be stopped."

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I know that Speed and Ecstasy manifest observable signs of use. How are they testing for marijuana? Does anyone know?

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So a 1000 over 3 years is nothing when you consider how big the state is, how busy it is with tourists and highways etc.

In the 6 years i lived there, no one i knew was randomly drug tested.

Saliva testing is how they do it,
Random roadside drug testing
What drugs will be tested?

Police will ask you to provide a saliva sample for the purpose of testing for:

• THC—the active ingredient in cannabis

• Methylamphetamine—also known as speed and ice

• MDMA—the active ingredient in ecstasy.

Saliva tests will only be able to detect the active ingredients of the nominated drugs THC, MDMA and methylamphetamine.
Even though methamphetamine is manufactured from substances such as pseudoephedrine (found in cold and flu tablets) those substances will not be detected by the saliva tests.
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/r ... riving.htm

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been there & done that... virtually. :toker1:

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I always have the listerine in the car - it does work - I know this because I demanded to be tested and the test came back as corrupted - but - you fail the drinking test miserably......
I just say I have a dental problem and my dentist said I have to gargle every hour....
It's far from a perfect solution but fortunately I just don't give a fuck...... :bong4:
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Last year at one of the big fights, a freind of a friend was next to roger rogerson, getting their drink on, when he was told the way to beat the breathalyser for being on the piss, is to munch a whole pack of fishermans friends and try to make yourself hyperventilate and it apparently works. I dont drink and drive, so i dunno but the source and the "expert" advice I will pass on.
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As usual - Roger is full of shit........
He was handy in the old days tho - $250 in his TAB account and you could find out anything about anyone - he didn't give a shit which side they were on either............ :bong4:
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i never heard of fishermans friends before,
but Hall's Mentho-lyptus cough drops are some of my good friends.
i like to use them while i'm smoking bowls tho :bonghitter:

almost anything will work to remove excess saliva,
but only very temporarily, like a few minutes or so until it replenishes itself.
but if it's like the sobriety checkpoints we have here,
it should be easy to do something quickly and timed right
during the few minutes while you're stuck in the que...
but you'll want to be smooth about it,
and also make the evidence disappear quickly,
before you actually have the po-po in your face,
as opposed to lozenges that you have to suck on for awhile,
and eating a bag of them in the checkpoint line would probably be obvious,
as they do try to observe what's going on with those in the back of the line too,
and even like to write people tickets for using cellphones in those lines here.
but it only takes a second for a swig of mouthwash,
except of course you'll have to swallow it, not spit. :toker1:
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Rarely do I hear of people getting drug tested. In the last 2 years alone, only one girl whom I was in the car of was pulled up for testing. She had literally smoked 4 cones in a row before being on the road and when she got tested, she passed it lol. They didn't pick up the THC on her despite the 4 bongs she smoked beforehand :arse: :bonghitter:

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kid4twenty wrote:Rarely do I hear of people getting drug tested. In the last 2 years alone, only one girl whom I was in the car of was pulled up for testing. She had literally smoked 4 cones in a row before being on the road and when she got tested, she passed it lol. They didn't pick up the THC on her despite the 4 bongs she smoked beforehand :arse: :bonghitter:
Some people get lucky others don't. They are increasing the amount of drub busses and RBTs in most cities. Regional areas may also see an increase.

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