Michigan to start saliva drug-testing for drivers

[Text Drivers are Killers]

This may work if the penalties are severe like a $2000 fine and license suspension for a year or more. We should do the same with drunk drivers and text-drivers and extreme speeders.

http://www.blacklistednews.com/Mich...de_Saliva_Check_Points/52888/0/38/38/Y/M.html

july 22 2016 The Michigan State Police is working on plans to establish a pilot program for roadside drug testing, a spokeswoman said.

A new law instructs the state police to pick five counties where it will run a one-year pilot program for saliva-based testing to check drivers for drugs like marijuana, heroin and cocaine.

“We expect the counties to be finalized this summer with a pilot to begin sometime later in the year,” MSP spokeswoman Shanon Banner said.

The five counties will be determined based on criteria including: the number of impaired driving crashes;the number of impaired drivers arrested; and the number of Drug Recognition Experts (DREs) trained in the county, she said.