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Plainsman1963

China invents new device to catch drug addicts
03-29-06 | Hindustantimes.com

Chinese scientists have invented a device that can detect a drug user simply from the way his pupils react to certain rays.
The technology, developed by scientists in south-western Yunnan province, bordering the ill-famed 'Golden Triangle', has proved successful in six pilot projects in local villages, and have passed the assessment of the Ministry of Public Security, the state media reported on Monday.

In the tests, 891 cannabis smokers were mixed with 826 non-drug takers. The device was able to catch 93.94 per cent of the addicts if they smoked the drug the day before the test, and 88.52 per cent of them if they did it six days before.

No non-drug takers were mistaken for smoking the drug in the tests, scientists with the Department of Science and Technology said.

For addicts to opium or its related drugs, lights of certain wavelength and intensity make their pupils expand and contract, they said, adding that the new device can find out "how much a person is addicted to drugs."

The technology is obviously more advanced than similar detection techniques applied by police across the country, and it will be a good help if promoted nationwide, the scientists said.

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nerphroll

That's cool, but the Chinese are going to have to test this technology not only on non-drug users, but on people who take glaucoma eye drops and those with other eye disorders to make sure that they don't falsely test positive for being a marijuana "addict." This writer is smooth, works in "addict" several times, clearly his own idiotic bias.

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casketfour

I think I'd be more interested in them finding out your eyes react the way they do before they start calling everyone addicts. Drugs aren't necessarily a bad thing.

Plainsman1963

Well, I don't know if I buy it or not...The lack of information concerning the "technology" and the fact that it is "state media" reporting it...I mean China isn't really known for freedom of the press.

But I thought it was interesting and perhaps worthy of discussion.

weed.is.a.deed

I'd just blame it on alcohol or that i ran against a pole or something like that. Luckily i live in a country where consume is legal

 

castklear

I pity the folks that come up negative......what / with all the organ donor talk....which "clean organ " would you want...?

Drug testing is all about having a clean bank to choose from....in china

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