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How will drug driving testing work?

From Afternoons, 1:18 pm today

December will see police beginning roadside drug driving testing in Wellington before rolling it out to the rest of the country.

According to Transport Minister Chris Bishop "around 30% of all road deaths now involve an impairing drug".

We wanted to know what the testing will look like ... how it works and how reliable it will be.

Here to share his thoughts is Hayden Eastmond-Mein from the Drug Foundation.

A cannabis grow-house was found during search warrants in Auckland on October 22.

A cannabis grow-house was found during search warrants in Auckland on October 22. Photo: NZ Customs