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Texas Drivers Stopped At Roadblock, Asked For Saliva, Blood
schwit1 writes "Some drivers along a busy Fort Worth street on Friday were stopped at a police roadblock and directed into a parking lot, where they were asked by federal contractors for samples of their breath, saliva and even blood. It was part of a government research study aimed at determining the number of drunken or drug-impaired drivers.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is spending $7.9 million on the survey over three years, said participation was '100 percent voluntary' and anonymous. The 'participants' hardly agree."
Booze buses don't take DNA as saliva or blood ... and they sure as f#&k aren't run by contractors.
Actually, the Police did jam a camera up someone's ass in New Mexico recently - without proper cause. Details here: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/05/man-seeks-millions-after-nm-police-force-colonoscopy-in-drug-search
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Yup I remember reading that and thinking at the time that any physicians involved should be disciplined by their medical college and have their license status re-examined, if not suspended. We doctors are not executioners for the state. Unless there is a valid medical reason to perform a medical procedure AND I have consent for said procedure, I cannot ethically perform said procedure. If the cops threaten to arrest me for "obstruction" or whatever, the correct answer for a physician is "then arrest me but I cannot do this". Police can never order physicians around and force them to use their art for non medical reasons. That's the main argument behind states not being able to get their hands on say, "lethal injection" drugs. The state is not licensed to practice medicine.
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