I have a friend that spent four days in jail in 1996 when a nutritional suplement tested positive for heroin. His attorney’s fees totalled nearly $10,000. All charges were dropped. The problem persists:
For decades law enforcement agencies including local police, DEA and U.S. Customs have used what is known as “presumptive field drug-test” kits to confirm that suspected materials are illegal drugs. The tests, which use powerful acids to react with suspected substances, change color to indicate the presence or absence of drugs. However, there is now conclusive evidence the field drug tests falsely indicate the presence of drugs when used on numerous natural products such as soap, soy milk, essential oils and chocolate. Developed over 60 years ago, these tests are made by the giant homeland security company Armor Holdings, a subsidiary of BAE Systems. At a cost of less than five dollars each, the field drug tests can be found in nearly every police car, border checkpoint, jail and in most schools.
Government’s Drug War Test Kits Give False Positives on Organic and Natural Products.
HT: Drug War Chronicle, et al.
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