The RCMP’s new tool for testing whether you have been consuming marijuana doesn’t come without controversy.
Since its approval by the federal justice minister on Aug. 29, the Nova Scotia RCMP have received three new Dragar DrugTest 5000s.
Within a 24-hour period last weekend, they demanded blood samples from a 42-year-old Pomquet man and a 31-year-old West River Station man, based upon roadside tests using the Dragar DrugTest 5000.
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“The courts have said with the breathalyzer because it’s a minimal detention and it’s minimally intrusive, they’ll make an exception for it,” said Doroshenko.
“But for this thing, it takes 10 minutes to set up, then you’ve got to roll this thing around in your mouth for one to four minutes and then it takes 10 minutes to give you a result. By the time you’re done, we’re talking 35 minutes.”
Then there’s the issue of accuracy.
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