❓ Question on roadside drug testing statistics in WA for the 2010-2011 financial year, including the number of tests conducted, positive results, and breakdown by drug type. The answer reveals limitations in data recording.
AnsweredQoN 6538Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many Western Australian motorists were given roadside drug tests in the 2010–2011 financial year?
(2) How many of those motorists tested positive for drugs during their initial roadside saliva test; and
(a) can the Minister please break this down by each different drug: MDMA/THC/Methamphetamine?
(3) How many of those motorists who tested positive in their initial roadside test were then found to have a negative result for illicit drugs upon the completion of the subsequent saliva tests?
(2) How many of those motorists tested positive for drugs during their initial roadside saliva test; and
(a) can the Minister please break this down by each different drug: MDMA/THC/Methamphetamine?
(3) How many of those motorists who tested positive in their initial roadside test were then found to have a negative result for illicit drugs upon the completion of the subsequent saliva tests?
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Answered
1 December 2011
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
30 days
(1) 8423
(2) 456
(a) The results of the roadside drug screen have only been recorded on the Cozart Return spreadsheet from June 2011. The roadside drug screen (and the Cozart test) will only identify THC or "XTC", which could be either or both Meth and MDMA.
(3) Of the 456 Cozart tests conducted, 66 were Negative outcomes.
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(2) 456
(a) The results of the roadside drug screen have only been recorded on the Cozart Return spreadsheet from June 2011. The roadside drug screen (and the Cozart test) will only identify THC or "XTC", which could be either or both Meth and MDMA.
(3) Of the 456 Cozart tests conducted, 66 were Negative outcomes.
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