Overview

• The Interior and Health ministries issued a circular on April 11 reinstating the requirement to prove active impairment for drug-driving sanctions.
• The directive replaces automatic penalties for any drug metabolite presence with rigorous saliva testing and forensic analysis protocols.
• Inactive drug metabolites and urine tests are excluded as evidence, addressing prior criticisms of the zero-tolerance approach.
• Therapeutic users of prescribed opioids and psychotropic medications are explicitly exempted from sanctions under the new guidelines.
• The Constitutional Court is reviewing challenges to the revised highway code, following legal disputes over its initial implementation.