100,000 NSW residents to be targeted in 'wasteful, unfair' roadside drug testing

By Amy Corderoy
Updated October 12 2015 - 10:23am, first published October 6 2015 - 9:26am
Greens MP David Shoebridge says roadside oral drug testing is an unfair waste of resources. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Greens MP David Shoebridge says roadside oral drug testing is an unfair waste of resources. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

Nearly 100,000 NSW residents each year will be subjected to roadside drug testing that police admit does not look for drugs that are still active in a person's system and critics say is about mass punishment of drug users, not road safety.

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