Tunisia plans saliva tests for drug-driving
Colonel Sami Saoudi of the National Road Safety Observatory announced on 27 July 2025 that police would get rapid saliva tests for drugs, to be used at road checks and after traffic offences. No start date was given. The device would sit alongside alcohol tests; no THC threshold or separate penalty for cannabis was published.
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Colonel Sami Saoudi of the National Road Safety Observatory announced on 27 July 2025 that police would get rapid saliva tests for drugs, to be used at road checks and after traffic offences. No start date was given. The device would sit alongside alcohol tests; no THC threshold or separate penalty for cannabis was published.[1]
Sources
- Tunisia to Launch Saliva-Based Drug Test to Track Drug-Impaired Drivers (27 July 2025). Tunisie Numérique. Announcement by Colonel Sami Saoudi and sections on implementation.