Oral Fluid Drug Screening (Policy Brief)
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In July 2008, revisions to the Criminal Code of Canada were implemented that provided police with the tools and powers to enhance the enforcement of laws against drug-impaired driving. Police were given the authority to demand a suspected drug-impaired driver submit to a Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) and a drug influence evaluation by a Drug Recognition Evaluator (DRE), and to provide a sample of blood, urine or oral fluid to test for the presence of impairing substances.
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