Should cocaine be added to roadside drug testing?

Police pull over drivers to test for cannabis, ice and speed. But why not cocaine?

Greens MP David Shoebridge has said that excluding cocaine from roadside drug testing is letting wealthy users ‘off the hook’.

He also thinks drivers should be tested for benzodiazepines, prescription drugs which include valium.

So would adding cocaine to the list of drugs at roadside drug testing make the system fairer?

And would it make our roads more safe?

To find out more, we were joined by Jo Baxter, executive officer of Drug Free Australia.

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