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The high error rate of field forensic drug tests and consequences thereto
« on: July 09, 2016, 11:01:16 AM »
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/magazine/how-a-2-roadside-drug-test-sends-innocent-people-to-jail.html?hpw&rref=magazine&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

So many of the field drug tests used to justify arrests have a significant error rate.  Also, the results of the field tests are often not confirmed at all, or in a timely manner, by more reliable chemical analysis.  This means a lot of people do plea bargains when they are not in fact guilty at all of the possession charge.
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« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2016, 01:51:18 PM »
Seems that in this lady's case it was more than a field drug test issue. 

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