Every week, we speak with experts, academics, politicians and community members about how we can achieve drug policy that reduces harm and respects people’s freedoms and rights.
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March 1, 2010
Drugs & Driving, Prevention Research Quarterly, DrugInfo Clearing House Australian Drug Foundation Professor Con Stough and Rebecca King, Drugs and Driving Research Unit, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Victoria Detection of impaired driving
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An Evaluation of the Efficiency of Sobriety Testing to Detect Blood Levels of Cannabis and Impaired Driving Ability, Katherine Papafotiou, BAppSc. (Hons). October 2001
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Road Safety (Amendment) Act 2000, PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA Clause 6 New offences relating to driving while impaired by a drug Section 49(1)
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The Drugs and Driving Unit (DDRU) Was established in 1997 to conduct high quality research in the general area of drugs consumption and driving.
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INQUIRY INTO EFFECTS OF DRUGS (OTHER THAN ALCOHOL) ON ROAD SAFETY IN VICTORIA, Parliament of Victoria Report Introduction I Chairman’s Preface This Report concludes the Inquiry into the effects of drugs (other than alcohol) on road safety in Victoria.
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High Alert is an independent campaign that calls on the Victorian Government to review the use of sniffer dogs at music festivals and in public spaces.
The campaign seeks to educate the public about their rights if they are stopped by police on suspicious of drug possession.
Passive Alert Detection Operations (Sniffer Dogs)
They’re ineffective. The NSW coroner found no evidence of any effect on supply, drug use in the community or increases of perceptions of public safety.
They’re inaccurate. Sniffer dog detect a false positive 60-80% of the time
They’re over the top. Their use leads to humiliating and potentially traumatising strip searches of young adults and minors, for the equivalent crime of a minor traffic offence.
They’re dangerous. They can lead to increased risky drug use at festivals. Upon seeing sniffer dogs, Alex Ross King, 19, more than doubled her dose to avoid detection, she later died of cardiac arrest.
