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A $46,054 federal grant has been awarded to the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services to examine blood samples, taken in connection with arrests for driving under the influence of intoxicating drugs (DUI), for the presence of drugs other than alcohol.
This allocation is available under the U. S. Highway Safety Act of 1966 and its revisions and administered by the Highway Safety Division of Virginia, according to Division Director John T. Hanna.
Virginia law prohibits operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, any narcotic drug or any other self-administered intoxicant or drug.
Approximately 50 samples a month will be examined for a year’s period.
Exactly which drugs can be detected in the blood samples is not yet known. The lab hopes to be able to detect amphetamines, barbiturates, heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
“When a policeman stops a motorist he suspects of DUI, he has good cause to believe the driver is impaired by alcohol,” says Hanna. “If the blood sample comes back under .10 per cent, there is the possibility that other drugs are involved.”
The Virginia Alcohol -Safety <* Action* Program (VASAP) is Virginia’s approach to the drinking driver.
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