Device Detects Drug Use Via Fingerprints 224
cylonlover writes "Fingerprints have been used to confirm or determine peoples' identities for over one hundred years now, but new technology is allowing them to be put to another use — drug testing. Intelligent Fingerprinting (a spin-off company affiliated with the UK's University of East Anglia) has just unveiled a prototype portable device that can detect the presence of illicit drugs or other substances in a person's system by analyzing the sweat in their fingerprints."
Re:How about for paramedics? (Score:5, Interesting)
While not necessarily going to jail, you'll at least be going on foot for quite a while in Germany as this will cost you your driver's licence. Yes, even if that joint was a week ago. They won't take the licence because you were under the influence, but because even thinking about taking drugs shows that you are morally unfit for driving. Godwin's law will be invoked in 3... 2... 1...
These people can go to hell (Score:2, Interesting)
Seriously, I can only hope that the people at UEA DIAF because a fireman was suspended for having a joint a week ago, because their technology made it easier to drug test them.
If you're working to support the war on drugs, you're a money-grabbing fascist. Go and research how to make drugs that can't be detected by sniffer dogs and make the law a farce and we might see a change in them.
Great Ford! (Score:3, Interesting)
Oh brave new world, what have you become? Just look at you, we were all supposed to turn into Ford worshiping, drug driven sex fiends, instead we do the exact opposite!
Shake hands with a junkie (Score:4, Interesting)
... false positive.
Scrub hands thoroughly just before the test: you're in the clear.
TFA says the system is impossible to cheat. I'd like to see this presumptuous statement put to the test and stats released to believe it.
Re:Drugs in money (Score:4, Interesting)
90% of US bills carry traces of cocaine:
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-08-14/health/cocaine.traces.money_1_cocaine-dollar-bills-paper-bills?_s=PM:HEALTH [cnn.com]
Now, let's suppose that you are a cashier, and it's a sweaty day.
After a long tiring day, you got arrested by the police.
Guess what ?