I hear you. The saliva test isn’t perfect, but it’s something.

Where I live only a doctor is allowed to draw and test your blood, which is tough to do at the side of the road during a traffic stop. They need a lab for that. So a saliva test is much more viable in that context.

No, but not every car has a breathalyzer. Only repeat offenders get one of those. So the point still stands imo. Maybe someday the saliva test can be hooked up to the ignition.

12 to 24h seems good (maybe even too long imho) in the context of driving a car.

You can easily test if they’re in someone’s system with a saliva test, so your argument doesn’t make any sense.

That’s for known diseases. We were talking about unknown. And House is not realistic at all.

It’s obvious you’ve never had to go through this because generally no, that does not happen often.

I feel for you and I want to share a poem I found shortly after losing my best friend (my dog) all those years ago. I hope it can bring you some comfort, as it did for me.

Sending you lots of love and strength 🫂

I often stop a time or two

At where you used to be

And when I do

I think of you,

And all you meant to me.

I stop to see the empty space

I think of you and smile

You made the world a finer place

For just a little while.

But time was only passing by

Before you had to go

And though I understand the why,

I wish it wasn’t so.

You’re always more than just a pet

And that can never end.

A part of life I can’t forget.

A piece of me.

My friend.