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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 10 months ago

"It goes on. If you're prescribed sleeping pills you'll test positive to benzodiazepines. So as well as the inaccuracy of the test, you also get these false positives to other substances."

#ChrisFowlie, 2024

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16924333/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-thursday-19-2024

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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 months ago

"It goes on. If you're prescribed sleeping pills you'll test positive to benzodiazepines. So as well as the inaccuracy of the test, you also get these false positives to other substances."

#ChrisFowlie, 2024

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16924333/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-thursday-19-2024

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MidgePhoto
@midgephoto@photog.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago
@strypey

Most sleeping pills are Benzodiazepines.
So a test _should_ be positive for presence of them or active metabolites. It isn't a false positive.

The level, and the degree of effect, `are then worth establishing or arguing about.

I'd assume the existence of a prescription would be a substantial assistance to the driver.

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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 months ago

Chris also mentioned that the #NZGreens are fighting tooth and nail against the amendment to the Land Transport Act that would bring in this highly dodgy testing. On the basis that it violates a bunch of basic civil liberties.

Another good sign for their return to a focus on universal human rights and freedoms. On top of Kahurangi Taylor's bill on protecting satire from copyright SLAPPs, and Marama Davidson's Right to Repair bill, this makes the trifecta.

Keep fighting the good fight!

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