The roadmap to end impaired driving
The NASID 2025-2027 Strategic Plan serves as a roadmap for guiding the organization’s priorities and activities.
These goals were developed through input from NASID membership and reflect the collective expertise and commitment of members to advancing traffic safety. NASID members meet regularly to ensure these priorities remain current and responsive to the evolving trends and remain responsive to the dynamics of the traffic safety community.
- Goal: Continue efforts with ATSIP and key stakeholders to identify gaps and solutions in DUI/DUID data
- Consider analysis of non-fatal crashes with DUI – more details and national level perspectives
- Goal: NASID to support and promote a Drug Recognition Evaluation (DRE) data system and a national database
- Goal: Build partnerships with tribal nations to enhance impaired driving data collection
- Goal: Create a framework that establishes best practices for assessing laboratory information systems (LIMS) that provides guidance on system capabilities and/or recommendations on collection of data from arrest, toxicology testing, state/federal toxicological data reporting, and case adjudication.
- Goal: Engage physicians, pharmacist, and public health officials with traffic safety stakeholders to share insights on prescription drugs addressing prescription drug safety and impairment risk education, and the role in impaired driving.
- Goal: Conduct 4 green lab training courses for all traffic safety stakeholders, to include a research component to support states to navigate federal rules for conducting labs
- Goal: Present at 6 key conferences and other meetings
- Outcome: Please see full list of conference attendance below.
- Goal: Create training programs or materials addressing multiple substance Impaired Driving
- January 13 – Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting – Washington, DC
- January 31 – NSA Winter Conference – Washington, DC
- February 24 – North Carolina Oral Fluid Summit – Raleigh, NC
- March 17 – Evidentiary Oral Fluid Webinar – Virtual
- March 25 – UMASS Safe CMV Summit – Northampton, MA
- March 30 – Connecticut State Highway Safety Office Meeting – Hartford, CT
- April 2 – Delaware Oral Fluid Summit – Milford, DE
- April 7 – Jury Selection Webinar – Virtual
- April 9 – Virginia Oral Fluid Summit – Chesterfield, VA
- April 9 – Arizona Treatment Court Conference – Prescott, AZ
- April 15 – IACT Conference – Cincinnati, OH
- April 19 – Lifesavers Annual Conference – Baltimore, MD
- May 6 – IACP IRPA Webinar – Virtual
- May 8 – Region 6 JOL Retreat – Austin, TX
- May 21 – DC Highway Safety Office Meeting – Washington, DC
- June 3 – Florida Impaired Driving Coalition – Orlando, FL
- June 3 – North Carolina Traffic Safety Conference – Winston Salem, NC
- June 7 – National Sheriffs’ Association Annual Meeting – Omaha, NE
- June 16 – National Safety Council Commercial Vehicle & Motor Fleet Webinar – Virtual
- June 17 – Virginia State Highway Safety Office Stakeholder Quarterly Meeting – Virtual
- July 9 – Governors Highway Safety Association Toxicology and Drug Recognition Expert Webinar – Virtual
- July 20 – All Rise Annual Conference – Nashville, TN
- February 1 – NSA Winter Conference – Washington, DC
- February 3 – NDAA Conference – Washington, DC
- February 20 – Mental Health Webinar – Virtual
- March 9 – Lifesavers Annual Conference – Long Beach, CA
- March 13 – AAMVA Law Enforcement Conference – Salt Lake City, UT
- April 1 – Chesterfield SAFE Event
- April 8 – IACT Conference – Las Vegas, NV
- April 9 – Washington DC Safe Communities Coalition – Washington, DC
- April 27 – NCOIL – Charleston, SC
- May 13 – AASHTO Conference – Hartford, CT
- May 13 – AAMVA Region 2 Conference – Tampa, FL
- May 14 – West Virginia Impaired Driving Summit – Bridgeport, WV
- May 19 – IPTM Annual Conference – Orlando, FL
- May 20 – Ohio Traffic Safety Conference – Columbus, OH
- May 27 – RISE25 Conference – Orlando, FL
- June 6 – NAS TRB – Virtual
- June 10 – Drive Smart VA
- June 12 – VA Impaired Driving Task Force – Virtual
- June 20 – Maine Highway Safety Conference – Portland, ME
- June 25 – AAMVA Region 1 Traffic Safety Conference – Burlington, VT
- July 24 – AAMVA Region 4 Law Enforcement Conference – Anchorage, AK
- August 3 – IACP IDTS – Chicago, IL
- August 6 – Virginia Alcohol Safety Program – Virginia Beach, VA
- August 19 – Kansas Oral Fluid Conference – Topeka, KS
- August 23- GHSA Annual Meeting – Pittsburgh, PA
- September 9 – MADD 40th Anniversary – Washington, DC
- September 19 – Interdisciplinary Cannabis Symposium – Denver, CO
- October 6 – Washington Traffic Safety Commission – Wenatchee, WA
- October 9 – Texas Impaired Driving Task Force Meeting – Pflugerville, TX
- October 16 – Arkansas Oral Fluid Summit – Little Rock, AR
- November 5 – AAMVA Region 3 – Minneapolis, MN
- November 18 – MADD Law Enforcement Summit – Dallas, TX
- December 2 – Arkansas Oral Fluid Summit – Fayetteville, AR
- December 10 – New York Legislative Press Conference and Legislative Summit – New York, NY
- December 16 – Kansas CMV Summit – Kansas City, MO
- January 9 – NY Deadly Driving Rally/Press Conference – Albany, NY
- January 9 – Washington Senate Trans. Committee – Virtual
- January 17 – DriveSmart VA Meeting – Stanton, VA
- February 3 – National Sheriffs Association TSC – Washington, D.C.
- February 13 – NSA Oral Fluid Webinar – Virtual
- February 13 – GHSA SHSO Grant Webinar – Virtual
- February 25 – APPA Conference – Seattle, WA
- March 13 – AMMVA Law Enforcement Conference – Oklahoma City, OK
- April 8 – Lifesavers Conference – Denver, CO
- April 24 – US Naval Command Professional Development Symposium – Virtual
- May 16 – New Mexico Law Enforcement Conference – Albuquerque, NM
- May 22 – Wyoming State Highway Safety Office Conference – Laramine, WY
- June 20 – Texas Judicial Webinar – Virtual
- June 20 – North Dakota Law Enforcement Conference – Bismark, ND
- June 24 – National Sheriffs’ Association Conference – Oklahoma City, OK
- July 30 – Hospitals, HIPAA, and Impaired Driving Cases Webinar – Virtual
- August 4 – NCSL – Louisville, KY
- August 18 – IACP IDTS, Washington DC
- September 16 – Alaska Traffic Safety Conference – Anchorage, AK
- October 9 – Safe Night and RTM – Virtual
- November 13 – Louisiana State Highway Safety Office – New Orleans, LA
- Goal: NASID to Present at key conferences and other meetings
- January 5 – New Mexico Bill Consultation – Virtual
- February 4 – National Sheriff’s Association – Washington, DC
- February 8 – Texas AM Traffic Safety Conference – Austin, TX
- February 14 – NTHSA Region 8 LEL -Virtual
- February 22 – Texas AM Transportation Conference – Austin, Texas
- March 20 – Tri-State Safety Summit – South Sioux City, NE
- April 2-4 – Lifesavers Conference – Seattle, Washington
- April 12 – Western Region DRE Coordinators Meeting – Denver, Colorado
- April 12 – Maryland Traffic Safety Summit – Linthicum Heights, Maryland
- April 19 – Canopy Green Lab – Denver, CO
- April 19 – Kentucky Lifesavers – Louisville, Kentucky
- May 9 – IID Webinar – Virtual
- May 17 – North Dakota Traffic Safety Conference – Bismarck, North Dakota
- June 11 – Truckload Carriers Association Annual Meeting – San Antonio, Texas
- July 11 – ATSIP – Nashville, TN
- August 10 – IACP IDTS – Anaheim, CA
- August 14 – NCSL – Indianapolis, IN
- August 15 – GHSA Conference – New York, NY
- September 12 – Nevada Traffic Safety Conference – Las Negas, NV
- September 22 – NY Hearing – Albany, NY
- September 25 – Missouri Highway Safety Conference – Columbia, MD
- September 29 – Regional Tox Liaisons – Virtual
- October 4 – Connecticut Impaired Driving Summit – Hartford, CT
- October 9 – Washington Transportation Hearing – Virtual
- October 25 – Pennsylvania Trucking Association – Harrisburg, PA
- November 7 – WASPC – Kennewick, WA
- November 8-9 – California OTS Conference – Garden Grove, CA
- November 14 – Minnesota Traffic Safety Conference – Rochester, MN
- November 29 – IID Webinar CBR – Virtual
- November 29 – KSU CMV Summit – Kansas City, MO
- December 13 – Abbott Webinar – Virtual
- Goal: Conduct 4 green lab trainings for all traffic safety stakeholders, to include a research component
- Cannabis Impairment Detection Workshop Handbook
- January 22 – Maryland Green Lab with go-karts
- March 31 – Maryland Green Lab
- June 23 – Ohio State Green Lab
- June 24 – Washington State Green Lab
- December 8 – Illinois Green Lab
- December 9 – Oklahoma Green Lab
- Goal: NASID to Present at key conferences and other meetings
- February 5 – National Sheriff’s Association Traffic Safety Committee – Washington, D.C.
- February 24-25 – DTG Recycling – Seattle, WA
- March 2 – Ohio Narcotics Intelligence and Law Enforcement Conference – Virtual
- March 9 – Ohio Public Safety Response Team – Virtual
- March 15 – American Traffic Safety Services Association – Fargo, ND
- March 22 – Cannabis Laws Webinar – Virtual
- March 29 – Minnesota Legislature Oral Fluid Roadside Screening Summit
- April 18 – Maryland Traffic Safety Conference – Baltimore, MD
- April 22 – Oregon Traffic Safety Conference – Bend, OR
- April 24 – Indiana Traffic Safety Conference – Indianapolis, IN
- April 27 – South Dakota Rural Electrical Association, Watertown, SD
- May 18 – Louisiana DUI Task Force – Oral Fluid Discussion – Virtual
- June 6 – Cannabis Regulators Association CANNRA – Underage consumption and impaired driving panel – Seattle, WA
- June 26 – National Sheriffs Association Conference – Traffic Safety Committee – Kansas City, MO
- June 28 – Cannabis in the workplace – Foley LLP Webinar
- July 6 – Washington D.C. DUI Task Force – NASID Introduction and Oral Fluid – Virtual
- July 12 – Connecticut National Association of State Transportation Officials – Hartford, CT
- July 18 – Colorado Traffic Safety Conference – Loveland, CO
- July 27-29 – NASID Conference – Washington, D.C.
- August 1-3 – NCSL Annual Conference – Denver, CO
- August 7-10 – ATSIP Annual Conference – Denver, CO
- August 17 – NHTSA Labor Day High Visibility Campaign Kick-off Call (Darrin Presenting)
- August 20-24 – IACP IDTS Conference – San Antonio, TX
- August 28-31 – International Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety Conference (ICADTS) – Rotterdam, Netherlands
- September 13-15 – AAMVA 2022 Annual International Conference, Baltimore MD (Darrin Presented)
- September 15-17 – NAWHSL 2022 Conference, Louisville KY (Darrin Presented)
- September 17-21 – GHSA 2022 Annual Meeting, Louisville KY (Darrin and Brandy Presented)
- September 22 – WRAP Public Police Committee meeting
- September 25-28 – NLLEA Conference, Pittsburgh PA
- October 24-28 – UMass CMV Summit, Amherst MA (Darrin and Brian Swift)
- November 9-10 – Midwest Impaired Driving Conference
- November 17 – Attorney General Alliance Cannabis Project
- Goal: Promote DUI/DUID as a priority with law enforcement executives and leaders
- Goal: Support efforts for Law Enforcement to fingerprint all DUIs at the time of arrest
- Goal: Encourage states to increase the use of sobriety checkpoints and high visibility enforcement campaigns
- Goal: Promote the adoption of consensus-based standards and best practices for DUI testing in toxicology laboratories
- Outcome: The RTLs provide a ANSI/ASB best practice and standards update at every R.org funded testimony training. So far, over 500 toxicologists have attended the training across the US.
- Goal: Promote policy and efforts to reassess toxicology stop limit testing. Membership on NSC ADID Stop Limit Testing and Drug Testing Working Groups.
- Outcome: As of January 2026, five publicly funded laboratories have changed or removed their stop-testing policies. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Utah, and Montana have either eliminated stop-testing or increased the blood alcohol concentration by which they determine whether or not to drug testing. The RTLs continue to bring awareness to the need for comprehensive drug testing in impaired driving investigations.
- Goal: Promote federal and state legislation to support toxicology funding and testing. Specifically targeting method development and validation, continuing education, and support for certification of analysts.
- Outcome: Early last year, R.org funded 9-Delta Analytical and a consultant to assist a laboratory in developing and validating 3 new testing methods. In addition to the R.org funded work, the RTLs have provided technical assistance and support for laboratories developing new testing methods.
- Hawaii is continuing to move forward with the creation of a laboratory. RTL Burke is assisting the new Director with method development and validation.
- With the assistance of the RTLs and R.org, Washington passed legislation to allow for additional laboratories to provide testing in DUI cases.
- Goal: Support efforts to evaluate toxicology laboratories workflows and provide recommendations as well as resources to improve laboratory efficiency and effectiveness to support comprehensive testing.
- Outcome: Several laboratories have expressed interest in engaging in process improvement examinations. However, due to lack of funding, the laboratories are unable to hire consultants to provide the service (such as Lean Six Sigma).
- Goal: Prioritize 6 states for oral fluid policy (FL, MI, MN, TN, VA, WI)
- Outcome: Oral Fluid Summits were held in DE, NC, VA and is exploring whether the most effective way to advance the use of roadside oral fluid testing is through legislation. NASID remains extremely acting in the passage of legislation that would move oral fluid testing from a pilot project to statewide in MI. NASID also has closely monitored legislation in GA, ME, MI, MN, NC, NY, OH, TN, VT and WI in 2026 to encourage the use of oral fluid testing in these states and to offer ourselves as resources to the legislators and their staffs.
- Goal: Advocate for electronic search warrants in 3 states
- Goal: Support of ignition interlock legislation and state reciprocity
- Outcome: NASID has actively worked to strengthen ignition interlock legislation or kill bills that would weaken current laws in 2026 in the following states AZ, CA, CO, ID, IN, IA, LA, MD, MI, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA and WI. As laws are strengthened and more states add ignition interlock laws the possibility of reciprocity between states increases.
- Goal: Advocate advanced vehicle technology systems to prevent impaired driving
- Goal: Screening and assessment and treatment legislation for Substance Abuse Disorder
- Outcome: NASID advocated for screening and assessment legislation that was passed into law in LA in 2026. The NASIN Mental Health and Impaired Driving Working Group is exploring if the LA legislation could be turned into model legislation for other states to use. NASID will also be reaching out in IL and NC to encourage those states to use screening and assessment tools validated for impaired drivers by the agencies charged with providing case management services to impaired drivers.
- Goal: Develop educational materials and messaging to address drugged driving prevention
- “Any impairing substance or drug” (listed on the sheets from NASID) (DRE definition)
- GHSA Report – Drug Impaired Driving Report
- Goal: Identify opportunities to work with non-traditional traffic safety partners (business community, insurance, medical, etc.)
- Goal: Develop resources to promote the use of public transportation and rideshare for planning your night out
- Goal: Support autonomous and other vehicle technologies to prevent impaired driving
- Goal: Update the High-Risk Impaired Driving for Prosecutors document with resources to prioritize DUI as a crime
- Partnership with NDAA to create yearly documents
- Goal: Create a national oral fluid map with state details, including state preliminary and evidential testing statutes as well as the implementation status of preliminary and/or evidential testing in states.
- Outcome: Oral Fluid Use by State – National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving
- Goal: Identify states to prioritize oral fluid (AR, CA, DE, IL, MI, NC, TX, VA, WI)
- Outcome: Successful oral fluid summits have been held in AR, DE, NC and VA with others planned for 2026 and 2027. The oral fluid working group will continue to track legislation and assist states with coalition building and bill support.
- Goal: Conduct an evidential oral fluid webinar in conjunction with the Society of Forensic Toxicologists.
- Outcome: Evidentiary Oral Fluid Testing in Impaired Driving Cases: Science, Law, and Enforcement Perspectives – National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving
- Goal: Deliver presentations in states looking to implement oral fluid testing to better educate and provide resources for policy-makers.
- Goal: The NASID Oral Fluid Working Group will continue to be a national leader and resource for states looking to implement roadside and/or evidential oral fluid testing.
- Outcome: The working group has developed the following resources to date: -Scientific and educational resources to help states answer and address commonly asked questions and concerns -Oral fluid implementation and data collection checklists -Oral fluid position statement -Sample oral fluid summit agendas -State showcases on successful oral fluid programs -Oral fluid use by state map highlighting statutory authorization and implementation status
- Future deliverables: -Updating the oral fluid use by state map to keep it current and up to date -Binding all of the working group resources into a useful booklet -Begin hosting bi-monthly oral fluid legislative calls -Begin adding evidential oral fluid resources to the NASID oral fluid working group page
- Goal: Move CARS in the Cloud and develop a communications plan to promote
- Outcome: CARS Screening Tool for DUI Offenders Overview – Responsibility.org – Promoting Responsible Alcohol Decisions
- Goal: Support for DUI/DUID specialty courts
- Outcome: The CARS Connect substance use and mental health screening tool now available for free and accessible on the cloud is being promoted use by all courts.
- Goal: Create a Screening and Assessment Advisory Group
- Outcome: A 14-member Mental Health and Impaired Driving working group was formed and meets monthly to discuss areas where the group can gather and/or create resources for the traffic safety community related to mental health and impaired driving.
- Goal: Educate on the importance of screening and assessment for all impaired drivers and identify opportunities to implement
- Outcome: The Mental Health and Impaired Driving Working Group’s members have presented at 7 conferences or training events since its inception. Plans are in place 4 additional trainings in 2026.
- Goal: Take research on the link between impaired driving and mental health and make it user friendly to educate a broader population through condensed documents
- Outcome: The Cambridge Health Alliance with the support of Responsibility.org compiled nine research documents critical to the creation of the Computerized Assessment and Referral System (CARS Connect) into nine one-page summary documents that are available at Mental Health Resources for Judges and Practitioners – Responsibility.org – Promoting Responsible Alcohol Decisions.
- Goal: Establish a website area for Screening and Assessment Resources for the Judiciary
- Outcome: Pages at Mental Health Resources for Judges and Practitioners – Responsibility.org – Promoting Responsible Alcohol Decisions and Mental Health and Impaired Driving Working Group – National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving have been added for use by the judiciary to Responsibility.org and NASID.org.
Recent member discussions have highlighted several key themes:
Prioritizing multiple-substance impaired driving
Addressing data challenges and gaps
Advancing roadside testing through field sobriety tests and emerging technologies
Expanding toxicology testing and laboratory capacity
Educating policymakers and other key stakeholders about multiple-substance impaired driving
Strengthening and supporting impaired driving enforcement
Together, through collaboration and a commitment to continuous improvement, NASID members ensure these priorities drive meaningful progress in reducing impaired driving and enhancing traffic safety nationwide.
If you have any input on the NASID Strategic Plan, please contact Darrin Grondel or Christiana Falcon using the form below.