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Field tests for Marijuana also seem to regularly be baseless. A couple had their house raided partially because some loose leaf tea in their rubbish bin field-
by oftenwrong 8y ago
Field tests for Marijuana also seem to regularly be baseless.
A couple had their house raided partially because some loose leaf tea in their rubbish bin field-tested positive as marijuana:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/12/19/jury-rules-against-family-subjected-to-swat-raid-over-loose-leaf-tea/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/12/19/...
Police using unproven "drug recognition expert" training to "detect" marijuana use via body language:
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug-whisperer-drivers-arrested-while-stone-cold-sober/85-437061710 https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug...
More on faulty drug testing:
https://www.cacj.org/documents/sf_crime_lab/studies__misc_materials/falsepositives.pdf https://www.cacj.org/documents/sf_crime_lab/studies__misc_ma...
- wonderwonder 8y agoIn Kansas now this is not even relevant. Police just have to claim to 'smell marijuana' and they can search a home without a warrant. The 4th amendment is being whittled down to nothing. https://www.countable.us/articles/17230-kansas-supreme-court-rules-smell-pot-justify-police-searching-home https://www.countable.us/articles/17230-kansas-supreme-court...