Michigan Cops Will Use Mouth Swab Tests to Weed Out Drugged Drivers – News

A handful of Michigan State Police officers added a new piece of technology to their crime fighting tool belts yesterday, as the state began a year-long pilot program focused on curbing instances of drugged driving.

According to Detroit’s ABC affiliate, officers in the pilot program with “highly specified training” in identifying drugged drivers have now been equipped with mouth swab tests that can detect recent cannabis use, as well as cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, ecstasy and other illicit substances.

Unlike standard blood and urine tests that detect marijuana ingested up to a month before the sample was taken, a number of different mouth swab purveyors claim to detect the immediate presence of cannabis, giving police a better indication as to whether a suspect is actually intoxicated at the time of the traffic stop.

In response to what local police say has been a significant increase in drugged driving incidents and fatalities over the past few years, Michigan state cops in five counties have now been given Alere DDS2-brand oral swabbing devices.

A report from the Michigan State Police claims drugged driving fatalities increased 32 percent between 2015…

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