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Alex Mitchell

Drug-driving rates spike as more roadside tests urged

NSW Police are being urged to carry out more roadside drug testing. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

An increase in roadside drug testing is being urged after NSW fell well short its own targets, despite a spike in drug-related driving deaths.

A report from motoring body NRMA found one-in-10 NSW drivers who undertook a roadside drug test delivered a positive result, as the state carried out 160,000 tests in 2023.

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