The program is already underway, said Chris Ball, acting chief inspector for Mid Sussex. "We have been running pilot operations in the three towns of Mid Sussex -- Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead -- since December 2005 and the reaction of the customers has been positive.

Pub owner’s groups and civil libertarians were not that impressed, however, crying foul and emphasising that it constitutes unwarranted intrusion of personal privacy.
Legal analyst Peter Coulson commented to Morning Advertiser “"These plans are out of all proportion and to involve the trade in such an initiative without some form of national policy or legislation is a step too far. It places licensees between a rock and a hard place in terms of customers and the police, but I am particularly concerned about the queue drop-out scenario. People may wish to drop out of a queue on principle, but that shouldn't raise suspicion of drug carrying and it smacks of guilty until proved innocent,"

Pub owners in Sussex equally were not impressed. "I can see this being exceedingly unpopular with any law-abiding citizen," said one pub owner from Lewes. "Customers will simply not turn up at a pub if they suspect they are going to have to go through this sort of testing. We want to work with the police in the fight against drugs, but we have to balance this with the effect that swab testing might have on business. I have grave concerns about the implications for my license and livelihood."

As for public reaction only time will tell if this scheme proves to be popular
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