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EPISODE · Dec 4, 2025 · 41 MIN

"Roadside drug testing could be a great idea if it was accurate and effective. But is it either of those things?"

from The Frontline with Dr Gary Payinda · host Big Hairy Network

Accurate and effective, or a policy that will fill the jails while simultaneously not making the streets any safer? What does the international evidence show? We chat with Nikolai Siimes of the University of Auckland, a researcher who has published on roadside illicit drug testing.

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