Police push saliva test for drugged drivers; ACLU threatens to sue

Vermont’s public safety commissioner told lawmakers that legislation allowing police to use saliva drug testing is the most important measure they could pass this session.

A representative of the Vermont American Civil Liberties Union told the same panel that if saliva testing becomes law the organization will sue.

The House Transportation Committee is considering a bill, H.237, that would allow law enforcement to use saliva testing of drivers who are “reasonably suspected” to be drug-impaired.

The committee took no action Wednesday, and plans to take more testimony and look at making amendments to the legislation.

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