What methods do traffic police use to detect drug-related driving?

Use urine test and saliva test to determine whether the suspect is driving under the influence of drugs.

In the work of the traffic police, if they encounter a drug-driving suspect, they will ask the suspect to get out of the car and cooperate with the urine test. They will then be tested with professional drug testing reagents and test strips. As long as they are positive, they will be handed over to the anti-drug department immediately. Professional department for confirmation.

Taking urine for drug testing involves privacy issues, and the test takes a long time. Especially in general road checks for "drug driving", the urine test method is difficult to operate. It is precisely because of these shortcomings that saliva testing is used in drug-driving inspections.

Extended information

For the first time, the police used the second-generation product of the "Drug Saliva Test Board" to screen for drug-impaired driving, which is a major improvement over the first-generation product.

When using the first-generation "drug saliva test panel", the person being tested had to hold the swab in his mouth, soak it, take it out, and then put it into the test kit to test to get the result. The second generation currently in use only requires the person being tested to hold one end of the test block in their mouth and moisten it with saliva to display the results, and the test time has also been shortened.

Currently, police generally use urine tests to screen suspected drug addicts. Taking urine for drug testing involves privacy issues, and the test takes a long time. Especially in general road checks for "drug driving", the urine test method is difficult to operate. It is precisely because of these shortcomings that saliva testing is used in drug-driving inspections. Up to now, Hangzhou police have begun to use the second-generation "drug saliva detection panel"

The continuous improvement of saliva reagents not only protects the personality rights of the subjects, but also improves the detection efficiency.

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