Eye on Malaysia's student drug users

Malaysian authorities plan to use eye scanners in secondary schools to detect drug use among students.

The scanners, sold by a foreign company for 2000 ringgit ($887) each, are cost-effective, less time-consuming and allow more people to be tested than the standard urine tests, Deputy Education Minister Noh Omar says. The number of students caught for drug offences nearly quadrupled from 59 cases in 2003 to 225 cases last year.