Employees of the Road Patrol Service in Uzbekistan will start using drug testers from the end of May

By the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers on March 25, changes and additions were made to the regulation on the interaction of the Road Patrol Service officers with road users and the procedure for using special devices. In particular, the amendments and additions provide for the following: use of a special drug tester device to determine the state of consumption of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances by vehicle drivers; Algorithm of actions to be taken by road patrol officers in cases where it is determined that vehicle drivers have consumed narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances with the help of a special drug tester device. Determining whether drivers of vehicles have consumed narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances can be done at the place where the violation occurred. In cases where the driver refuses to undergo a drug test or there is an objection to the results of the test, as well as in the event that during the drug test it is found that he has consumed narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, the employee of the YPX will charge the driver of the vehicle with alcoholic beverages, narcotic drugs. or takes him to the district (city) treatment-prophylactic institution for a medical examination to determine whether he is under the influence of psychotropic substances. The document has been published in the national database of legal documents and will enter into force on May 28. We remind you that from December 2021, it was reported that the use of new breathalyzers with the possibility of photographing the driver began in Uzbekistan. At that time, 150 breathalyzers of the new model were distributed to YPX employees throughout the republic. When the YPX employee suspects that the driver is drunk from alcohol, he performs tests at the place where the driver was stopped using the Alcostop 8000S breathalyzer device.