Glenn Dobson: Drug Detection Agency CEO on the implementation of roadside drug testing

2025-11-11

The implementation of roadside drug testing is being hailed as a huge step in the right direction. From December, Police across Wellington can do random roadside saliva tests – screening for cannabis, methamphetamine, MDMA, and cocaine. They'll spread to cover the whole country by mid-next year. Drivers testing positive will need to do a second test that checks for 25 substances. Drug Detection Agency Chief Executive Glenn Dobson told Mike Hosking data shows 30% of all road deaths now involve an impairing d...

The implementation of roadside drug testing is being hailed as a huge step in the right direction.

From December, Police across Wellington can do random roadside saliva tests – screening for cannabis, methamphetamine, MDMA, and cocaine.

They'll spread to cover the whole country by mid-next year.

Drivers testing positive will need to do a second test that checks for 25 substances.

Drug Detection Agency Chief Executive Glenn Dobson told Mike Hosking data shows 30% of all road deaths now involve an impairing drug.

He says it’s not going to be a game changer, but it is a massive move in the right direction.

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