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Speaker 1: We've got this roadside drug testing announced as well, so cannabis, meth,

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Speaker 1: MDMA and cocaine tested as of well Wellington next month,

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Speaker 1: nationwide April next year. Glenn Dobson's the boss at the

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Speaker 1: Drug Detection Agency and as well as Glenn morning. Yeah, Mike,

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Speaker 1: are we going to get a Pandora's box of drug

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Speaker 1: ad losers behind the wheel of cars once we start

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Speaker 1: testing for it?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, it's a possibility at the moment, I guess

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Speaker 2: we're on the roads and we don't accurately know who's

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Speaker 2: out there and what the drivers are affected by. You know,

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Speaker 2: the government's put out stats that thirty percent of fatal

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Speaker 2: exidents now have drug effective drivers, and that's really scary.

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Speaker 2: So I applaud the governments they're taking this positive move.

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Speaker 1: And is this tech and the device and or is

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Speaker 1: that kosher? And you know, we're not going to end

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Speaker 1: up with a whole lot of argument about what we're

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Speaker 1: doing and what we're not doing. This is just like

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Speaker 1: alcohol and no real.

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Speaker 2: Difference, kind of yes and kind of no. To a

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Speaker 2: certain extent, any new legislation is always going to get

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Speaker 2: a challenge, and I can see the legal fraternity definitely

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Speaker 2: sign up a little side business challenging this legislation for

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Speaker 2: the first couple of years and finds its own. But

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Speaker 2: in relation to roadside drug testing, it is accurate the

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Speaker 2: device that we've verified. We are following a similar regime

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Speaker 2: that Australia has had and part of the process is

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Speaker 2: samples go to the lab for confirmatory testing if there's

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Speaker 2: going to be a prosecution and lab is the gold

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Speaker 2: standard in oation to that.

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Speaker 1: Is it a game changer? In other words, will we

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Speaker 1: tidy up the roads? Do you think it's the deterrent

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Speaker 1: we've been waiting for.

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Speaker 2: Look, it's not the silver bullet. It's not going to

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Speaker 2: be a the game changer. But it is a massive

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Speaker 2: move in the right direction. You know, enforcement along with education,

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Speaker 2: along with the police having the ability to actually take

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Speaker 2: action against drug effected drivers more than just the physical

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Speaker 2: roadside and pedment tests they do at the moment is

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Speaker 2: a really positive move. And like I say, similar to

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Speaker 2: the legislator, so that the areas in Australia that are

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Speaker 2: doing it successfully at the moment.

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Speaker 1: Good, Glenn good, and so I appreciate it. Glenn Dobson,

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Speaker 1: Drug Detection Agency.

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