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Full video: Green MP on unreliable roadside drug testing

By Maiki Sherman, Political Editor

October 8, 2021

The legislation is set to pass into law come December despite a majority of submissions on the legislation raising concern. (Source: Other)

Roadside drug testing is being given the green light by the Government despite some of our biggest medical organisations saying the evidence behind them is unreliable.

1News reporter Maiki Sherman interviewed former Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter on the issue.

Watch her full interview above.

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The push comes despite some of our biggest medical organisations saying the evidence behind them is unreliable, which could see a number of people unfairly punished.

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