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The drug recognition evaluation protocol, which police officers use to determine whether a driver may be under the influence of drugs other than alcohol, counts as scientific evidence and trial courts should determine the scientific validity of that evidence before admitting it, an appeals court in Alaska ruled.

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — The drug recognition evaluation protocol, which police officers use to determine whether a driver may be under the influence of drugs other than alcohol, counts as scientific evidence, and trial courts should determine the scientific validity of that evidence before admitting it, an appeals court in Alaska ruled.

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