In the Finnish part of the ROSITA evaluation both urine and saliva devices were included. The saliva tests were performed roadside and urine test in a laboratory. All samples were obtained from drivers suspected to be driving under the influence of drugs. Police started to perform an impairment evaluation (1.11.1999) (appendix 1). The law on coercive means allows the police to do tests, for example behavioural and on-site tests. The physicians evaluation was reformed in order to recognise the symptoms of other drugs as well as the symptoms of alcohol (1.2.2000) (appendix 2). The law (penal code 23) was slightly modified 1.11.1999 so that the driving under influence of drugs and driving under the influence of alcohol were combined into the same paragraph. At the same time, driving under the influence of drugs was divided into two crime categorises. The material for police training was produced (a book, transparencies and a CD-ROM). Police officers in six towns were trained (total of 400) to recognise the symptoms of drug use of drivers under the influence of drugs and to perform behavioural tests. Simultaneously they were trained to do the on-site tests. The collaborators of the National Public Health Institute (KTL) in Finland were; the Ministry of Interior/Police Department (Mr. Pertti Luntiala, General Inspector), Ministry of Transportation and the Forensic Institute/Helsinki University (Prof. Antti Penttilä). (Author/publisher) For more information see http://www.rosita.org/
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