While football fans streamed 

into 
Michigan 
Stadium 
on 

Saturday morning, Brian Ellison, 
a Libertarian running for U.S. 
Senate, held up a sign that read 
“say no to oral,” written in 
permanent marker.

Along with a half dozen others 

at the corner of South Main Street 
and East Stadium Boulevard, 
Ellison, a resident of Royal Oak, 
protested the Preliminary Oral 
Fluid Analysis pilot program 
recently 
launched 
by 
the 

Michigan State Police. Similar 
to breathalyzing drunk drivers, 
officers can issue a roadside test to 
detect the presence of controlled 
substances in a person’s body by 
analyzing a mouth swab.

The one-year pilot program 

began on Nov. 8 in five counties, 

including 
Washtenaw. 
The 

counties 
were 
chosen 
based 

on the frequency of impaired 
driving crashes and the number 
of drugged drivers arrested, 
according to a press release from 
the Michigan State Police. 

“We just wanted to raise 

awareness,” Ellison said. “It’s 
unconstitutional, it’s really a 
terrible program. You’re forced 
to put something in your mouth 
on the side of the road. You don’t 
have a choice. It’s forced on you.”

Under current law, refusing to 

submit to the drug test is a civil 
infraction.

Mike 
Saliba, 
chair 
of 

Libertarians of Macomb County, 
was among the protesters. He 
called the testing “bunk science.”

“This is one of the areas 

where they’re starting to roll out 
roadside drug testing,” Saliba 
said. “It really doesn’t prove 

anything. It doesn’t help anybody. 
We just think it’s another way for 
the police to generate revenue by 
writing tickets and really ignore 
our Fourth Amendment rights.”

In addition to the initial drug 

test, Drug Recognition Experts 
— officers specially trained to 
identify and deal with impaired 
drivers — also administer a 
12-step 
evaluation, 
which 

includes checking vital signs and 
the size of the driver’s pupils, 
according to the press release. The 
oral fluid analysis is preliminary, 
and positive results are confirmed 
by blood or urine tests.

According to statistics from 

the Michigan State Police, last 
year drugs were involved in 236 
traffic deaths, up 32 percent from 
179 fatalities in 2015.

Col. 
Kriste 
Kibbey 
Etue, 

director of the Michigan State 
Police, said in statement that the 

danger posed by drugged 
driving is increasing.

“Motorists 
under 
the 

influence of drugs pose a risk 
to themselves and others on 
the road,” Etue said. “With 
drugged driving on the rise, 
law enforcement officers need 
an effective tool to assist in 
making these determinations 
during a traffic stop.”

Given the game day fanfare, 

the small but dedicated group 
would occasionally get lost 
in the throngs of people 
and 
then 
reappear 
with 

their homemade signs. One 
woman’s read “swab testing is 
rape.”

Ellison said he expected 

more residents to attend the 
rally.

“I was expecting kind of 

a bigger turnout,” Ellison 
said. “I think we didn’t plan 
on how much it was going 
to cost for people to park 
and maybe that drove some 
people away, but we’ve gotten 
some decent reception from 
that people that have showed 
up. It’s a success as far as I’m 
concerned.”

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umich... u just salty u didn’t 
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Richard Spencer is banned from 
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HEP-Astro Seminar

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WHO: Department of Physics 

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WHERE: West Hall, Room 335

MESA Talking Circle

WHAT: All students are welcome 
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focused on increasing education 
about the relationship knowledge 
the University and the Native 
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and coffee will be provided.

WHO: Multi-Ethnic Student 
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WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

WHERE: Angell Hall, Room G115

UM Psychology 
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WHAT: Dr. Laura Zahodne, 
Assistant Professor of Psychology, 
will discuss her findings on how 
to build resilience to Alzheimer’s 
disease through both social and 
individual lifestyle changes.

WHO: Exploring the Mind

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Ann Arbor Public Library

Modernist Dialogue: 
Translations, Migrations, 
& Measurements 

WHAT: Join a panel of 
graduate students and faculty 
as they discuss the themes of 
measurements and migrations in 
Modernist studies.

WHO: Department of English 
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WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Angell Hall, Room 3154

Richard and Hinda 
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WHAT: Attend this syposium, co-
hosted by the National Academy 
of Medicine and lead by a penel 
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WHO: Office of the Executive VP 
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WHEN: 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Auditorium

IOE 813 Seminar: Sachin 
Kheterpal, MD, MBA

WHAT: Associate Dean for 
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Professor Sachin Kheterpal 
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precision health.

WHO: Industrial and Operations 
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WHERE: Lurie Biomedical 
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Congressman John 
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WHAT: In this Penny 
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Congressman Lewis will discuss 
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life’s work in drawings.

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Multiple Gamma 
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Every Monday, The Michigan 
Daily publishes a photo found 
from The Daily’s archives of an 
important part of University of 
Michigan history. 

NOV. 22, 1978 — Michigan’s 
Rick Leach runs out of the grasp 
of Buckeye linebacker Tom 
Cousineau in last year’s 14-6 
triumph over Ohio State. Fellow 
linebacker Paul Rose watches. 
Leach is counted on to be the 
difference as his experience in 
M-OSU games gives Michigan 
an advantage over OSU and 
inexperienced Art Schlichter.

Photo by: Peter Serling

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