Since driving under the influence of drugs(DUID) is just as dangerous as drink-driving, many countries regulate DUID by law. However risk perception of Korean people for drugged driving is still poor, the law against using drugs while driving is not established yet in detail. Oral fluid is non-invasive and easyto- use, and there is the good correlation between oral fluid and blood levels, the use of oral fluid as specimen for drug testing in DUID is available worldwide. In this study drug analysis in oral fluids and its application for drug testing in DUID were investigated. Drug lists which should be tested and various factors to be considered in oral fluid testing were researched. As the results, even though the drug lists prohibited in DUID were somewhat different in countries, the controlled drugs(legal and illegal drugs) were included in common for their lists. For methamphetamine and cannabis are most abused drugs in Korea, these drugs should be included firstly, and opiates, cocaine, benzodiazepines must to include to the DUID drug lists. Besides of controlled drugs, antihistamines and antidepressants as non-controlled drugs need to include to the lists. When oral fluid testing is applied to DUID, various factors have to be considered, i.e. specimen collection, specimen stability, chain of custody, scientific reliability, interpretation of test results and assessing likelihood of impairment. Laboratories have to establish analytical methods for drugs related to DUID in oral fluids and all methods should be validated with proper parameters to assure accuracy and reliability.
목차
Abstract I. 서론 II. 약물운전 규제대상 약물의 종류 1. 약물운전 현황 2. 규제대상 약물의 종류 III. 타액 중 약물검사 시 고려해야 할 사항 1. 시료채취(Specimen collection) 2. 시료의 안정성(Specimen stability) 3. 시료의 인수인계(Chain of custody) 4. 타액 분석법의 과학적 신뢰성(Scientific reliability) 5. 분석결과의 해석(Interpretation of test results) 6. 장애 가능성 평가(Assessing likelihood of impaiment) IV. 결론 V. 참고문헌
키워드
DUID(Driving Under the Influence of Drugs)oral fluiddrug analysis
저자
김은미 [ Eunmi Kim | 국립과학수사연구원 부산과학수사연구소 ]
corresponding author
법과학 분야는 사회정의 구현에 있어 크나큰 가치가 있음에도 불구하고 우리나라에서는 이 분야에 대한 인식이 미흡하여 선진 외국에 비해 침체되어 있는 실정이다. 이에 우리나라에서도 법과학 분야와 관련 있는 학계, 연구기관, 수사기관 등 유관 단체들로 구성된 한국 법과학회를 창립하여 이 분야를 활성화 시켜 과학수사를 한층 더 발전시키기 위함을 목적으로 한다.