Romanian police periodically announce alarming statistics about drug use among drivers, and tragedies such as the May 2 road accident have heightened public fears. But the police statistics are at least dubious, if not false, as there is no mention of the false-positive rate of drug tests or the positive results of some drivers who took drugs long before getting behind the wheel to avoid doing so. it can also be said that he drove the car in a state of psychotropic intoxication.

The traffic police has been using anti-drug tests since 2019, but the first question marks about their effectiveness appeared only last year. The most famous case of missing a drug test was recorded in January 2023, when a driver from Baia Mare was “diagnosed” with at least 7 of the 8 types of drugs that the device can detect. Police then announced the discovery of the dangerous driver, but just days later the news took a completely different turn after blood tests showed the man had not been under the influence of any substance.

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