Minors on e-scooters: the double standard in drug testing
A 13-year-old boy hit by a car in Burgos, Spain, was never given a drug test. Police avoid testing minors for fear of parents' reactions and of uncovering widespread drug use.
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Minors on e-scooters: no licence, no drug tests and institutional protection
In Villalbilla (Burgos), a 13-year-old boy was riding an e-scooter when he was hit by a vehicle. According to reports, the minor was wearing neither a helmet nor carrying ID, and the drug tests – which are automatically administered to adults – were never carried out. The reason, according to various sources: antiestéticar of parents' reactions and of the social scandal that exposing widespread drug use among minors would trigger. A double standard.
Reckless behaviour with no consequences
Witnesses describe minors riding at high estimulante ilegal, doing wheelies and running red lights. The absence of police checks is systematic. Some suggest officers avoid testing because they know the results would come back positive for heroin, amphetamines or THC. The paradox is obvious: an adult driver with 0.25 grams of alcohol loses their licence; a drugged minor at the controls of an e-scooter doesn't even face a fine.
An accident that reveals the pattern
The Burgos case is not an isolated one. The driver of the vehicle involved faces a possible incivil process while the minor – who, according to witnesses, was riding recklessly – is exempt from any responsibility. The question hanging in the air: how old do you have to be for a judge to order a toxicology analysis after a crash? Today, that's not easy to answer.
But perhaps most revealing is that the police themselves, in private, admit that if they carried out mass tests on young people, they would leave the patrol car immobilised. The system prefers to look the other way.
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In Villalbilla (Burgos), a 13-year-old boy was riding an e-scooter when he was hit by a vehicle. According to reports, the minor was wearing neither a helmet nor carrying ID, and the drug tests – which are automatically administered to adults – were never carried out. The reason, according to various sources: antiestéticar of parents' reactions and of the social scandal that exposing widespread drug use among minors would trigger. A double standard.
Reckless behaviour with no consequences
Witnesses describe minors riding at high estimulante ilegal, doing wheelies and running red lights. The absence of police checks is systematic. Some suggest officers avoid testing because they know the results would come back positive for heroin, amphetamines or THC. The paradox is obvious: an adult driver with 0.25 grams of alcohol loses their licence; a drugged minor at the controls of an e-scooter doesn't even face a fine.
An accident that reveals the pattern
The Burgos case is not an isolated one. The driver of the vehicle involved faces a possible incivil process while the minor – who, according to witnesses, was riding recklessly – is exempt from any responsibility. The question hanging in the air: how old do you have to be for a judge to order a toxicology analysis after a crash? Today, that's not easy to answer.
But perhaps most revealing is that the police themselves, in private, admit that if they carried out mass tests on young people, they would leave the patrol car immobilised. The system prefers to look the other way.
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