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Jalisco Could Require Drug Tests During Routine Traffic Stops

The Ministry’s Secretary, Agustin Jaime Gonzalez Alvarez, said the department is working with a German company to determine the accuracy of the rapid drug testing, and then presenting the results to the state governor for approval of its usage.

Interviewed at the National Congress on Risk Prevention of Accidents, which opened today, González Álvarez explained that with one quick saliva test we can detect if the driver has consumed cocaine, marijuana or methamphetamines.

The approval of rapid drug testing for traffic violations will require a law change from the state congress to determine what level of drugs present . . .

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