>>> WERE BACK, 7:40 THIS
MORNING ON "ROSSEN REPORTS." THE NEW TOOL THAT CAN TELL."
THE NEW TOOL THAT CAN TELL POLICE IF YOU ARE HIGH BEHIND
THE WHEEL.
THE WHEEL. >> JEFF ROSSEN WITH MORE ON
THAT.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.
THIS COULD BE THE COPS NEW
SECRET WEAPON.
YOUVE HEARD OF THE BREATHALYZER.F THE
BREATHALYZER.
NOW, WERE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU THE
DRUGALYZER THAT CAN SNIFF OUT
POT ON THE SPOT. MARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN 29 STATES
AND WASHINGTON, D.C. AND CAR
ACCIDENTS ARE ON THE RISE WHERE
DRIVERS ARE HIGH.
IN COLORADO ALONE, DEADLY CRASHES HAVE SPIKED BY AY
CRASHES HAVE SPIKED BY A WHOPPING 145%.
WHOPPING 145%. HOW DOES THE DRUGALYZER WORK AND
CAN THE COPS FORCE YOU TO TAKE IT? THE COPS FORCE YOU TO TAKE
IT?
CRASH AFTER CRASH. WEVE SEEN THE DANGERS OF DRUNK
DRIVING
DRIVING DRIVING.
DRIVING. BUT NOW, EXPERTS SAY MARIJUANA
AND OTHER DRUGS ARE CAUSING
ACCIDENTS LIKE THIS, TOO.
>> IN FACT, IN THE UNITED
STATES, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
HAS BEEN ECLIPSED BY THOSE
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
DRUGS.
DRUGS.
>> Reporter: POLICE ARE TURNING
TO THIS NEW DEVICE. THE DRUGALIZER.ICE.
THE DRUGALIZER. SO SMALL AND LIGHT WEIGHT, COPS
CAN USE IT FOR YOU DURING A
TRAFFIC STOP.
TRAFFIC STOP. IT TESTS FOR THC, THE ACTIVE
INGREDIENT IN POT.
IT CAN DETECT IF SOMEONE HAS
SMOKED OR EATEN POT UP TO SIX
HOURS EARLIER.
HOURS EARLIER. ARE POLICE DEPARTMENTS USING IT
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW?
>> THEYRE USING IT RIGHT NOW. WE SEE IT AS A NATIONALT NOW.
WE SEE IT AS A NATIONAL POTENTIAL.
POTENTIAL.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THIS
CAN SAVE LIVES?
>> I THINK IT HAS SAVED LIVES.
>> Reporter: ITS IN USE IN
POLICE DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE. DOES IT WORK?MENTS NATIONWIDE.
DOES IT WORK? WERE SETTING UP AN EXTREME
EXPERIMENT, INSIDE THIS HOME
NEAR DENVER, WHERE MARIJUANA IS
LEGAL.
LEGAL.
TWO VOLUNTEERS ARE GETTING HIGH.
AND TWO ARENT, THEYRE STAYING
SOBER.
CAN THE DRUGALYZER TELL WHO IS WHO?THE DRUGALYZER TELL WHO IS
WHO?
BRIAN HAS BEEN OUTSIDE. HE HAS NO IDEA WHO IS GETTING
HIGH AND WHO ISNT.
WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS FEELING THE
EFFECTS --
EFFECTS -- >> THESE ARE TASTY.
>> Reporter: -- WERE READY TO
GO.
GO.
FIRST UP, DANIELLE.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA IF DANIELLE IS HIGH OR SOBER.EA IF DANIELLE IS
HIGH OR SOBER. >> IM GOING TO ADMINISTER THE
TEST JUST LIKE IT DOES IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT.
>>
>> Reporter: HE TELLS HER TO SWAB ALL AROUND HER CHEEKS.O
SWAB ALL AROUND HER CHEEKS. >> THE RESULTS ARE IN.
AND CANNABIS IS NEGATIVE.
>> Reporter: IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THATS RIGHT.
>> Reporter: NEXT UP, DAVE.
>> WERE TAKING SALIVA FROM YOUR
MOUTH.
MOUTH. >> Reporter: AND YOU CAN DETECT
PAT.
PAT.
AND NOT JUST PAT. THE RESULTS ARE IN.
>> A CANNABIS RESULT THATS
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE.
IS IT TRUE?
>> YES, SIR.
HIGH AS A KITE. >> Reporter: THATS RIGHT.
DAVE HAD BEEN SMOKING A JOINT.
SO FAR, THE DRUGALYZER IS
SPOT-ON.
SPOT-ON.
NOW, ITS JAMIES TURN. >> ITS NEGATIVE ON CANNABIS.
>> Reporter: BUT THE BIGGEST
TEST, KAREN.
TEST, KAREN. SHE DIDNT SMOKE THE MARIJUANA.
SHE ATE POT CANDY, INSTEAD.
WILL THE DRUGALYZER GET IT
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
>> CANNABIS-POSITIVE. >> Reporter: THE DRUGALYZER
GETTING IT RIGHT IN ALL FOUR OF
OUR TESTS.
OUR TESTS. THIS ACCURACY IS SO IMPORTANT.
PEOPLES LIVES WILL BE IN THE
BALANCE.
BALANCE.
>> WE DONT WANT TO MAKE A FALSE ALLEGATION AGAINST PEOPLE,FALSE
ALLEGATION AGAINST PEOPLE, EITHER.
EITHER.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE VOLUNTEERS THAT GOT HIGH, WE DID
MAKE SURE THEY DIDNT DRIVE AND
GOT HOME SAFELY.
HERES THE QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE
TO SWAB IF YOU ARE PULLED OVER?
IN MOST STATES, NO.
YOU CAN REFUSE.
BUT SOME STATES ARE CHANGING
THAT.
THAT.
IN MICHIGAN, FOR EXAMPLE, LASS
THERES A LAW ON THE BOOKS RIGHT
NOW REQUIRING YOU TO TAKE THE TEST IF THE OFFICER ASKS. THE
TEST IF THE OFFICER ASKS. AND THE MAKER OF THE DRUGALYZER