Boorman Martin, Owens Katherine
Traffic Drug and Alcohol Section, Technical Unit, Victoria Police, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2009 Mar;10(1):16-22. doi: 10.1080/15389580802542365.
In December 2004, a new legislative framework for the random drug screening of drivers modeled on the successful random alcohol screening methodology came into force in Victoria, Australia. The new framework prohibits driving while methamphetamine (MA), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), and cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), are present at any level in a driver's specimen. This is enforced by police who have the legislative authority to randomly drug test drivers for the presence of MA, MDMA, and THC by oral fluid (saliva) sample screening at the roadside. This article outlines the new random drug testing legislative framework and the drug testing procedures currently in place in Victoria. This article also examines the data collected through the operation of the framework for the first two years since implementation in Victoria (December 2004-December 2006).
2004年12月，澳大利亚维多利亚州实施了一项新的立法框架，用于对驾驶员进行随机药物筛查，该框架以成功的随机酒精筛查方法为蓝本。新框架禁止驾驶员样本中含有任何含量的甲基苯丙胺（MA）、3,4-亚甲基二氧基甲基苯丙胺（MDMA）以及大麻、δ-9-四氢大麻酚（THC）时驾驶。警察负责执行此项规定，他们有权在路边通过口腔液体（唾液）样本筛查，对驾驶员进行随机药物检测，以确定其是否含有MA、MDMA和THC。本文概述了维多利亚州新的随机药物检测立法框架以及目前实施的药物检测程序。本文还研究了自该框架于维多利亚州实施后的头两年（2004年12月至2006年12月）运行期间收集的数据。
