These common drug tests lead to tens of thousands of wrongful arrests a year, experts say. One state is fighting back | CNN
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A great-grandmother’s medicine tested positive for cocaine – spawning a 15-month legal nightmare, forcing her to refinance her home, and spurring a new state law that could set a precedent across the country.
  • redsand@infosec.pubEnglish
    14·
    22 days ago

    They’re dirt cheap color change tests operated by cops who don’t know what a pH test even is. Not surprising if you’ve ever seen the clowns in blue use these.

    • OldChicoAle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      22 days ago

      Hair stylists have more hours of training than a cop in California. You can be half brain dead and still become a cop. That’s why they’re so dumb and racist

  • emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    22 days ago

    “let’s say the person was driving 100 miles per hour and committing a crime and they also had some powder on them. There would be another criminal charge,” he said. “It can’t be a sole charge of a level-one drug misdemeanor with the sole evidence being the colorimetric test.”

    This is their new law/policy. So now people will still be arrested because of these bullshit tests but they’re also gonna end up with a speeding ticket or a resisting arrest or disorderly charge as well. Fucking great job.