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ROSITA 2

Evaluation of roadside oral fluid drug tests for the detection of drivers under the influence of drugs

Project details
Domain	Driving while under Influence
Duration	from 12/2002 until 01/2005
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The aim is to conduct a US/European international study to assess the performance of on-site oral fluid drug tests to detect illegal drug use among drivers failing a standard field sobriety test, i.e. driving under the influence suspects. The project is conducted by scientists working in collaboration with local police. A primary goal of this study would be to evaluate innovative oral fluid drug detection technology for use by police either at the roadside or at a police station.

Coordinator
Ghent University (prof. Alain Verstraete) (BE)
Partners
Institute for legal medicine (ES) NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US) National Institute for criminalistics and criminology (BE) NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse (US) National institute for forensic toxicology (NO) National Public Health Institute (FI) ONDCP - Office of National Drug Control Policy (US) Institute of legal medicine, Homburg (Saarland) (DE) Institute of legal medicine, Strasbourg (FR) The Walsh Group, P.A. (US)