Videos
~ Scientists say experiments show dangerous field drug test problems – YouTube
~ I-Team: $2 Tests- Bad Arrests – YouTube
~ Another field drug test mistake sends woman to jail…for months – YouTube
~ Bird Poop Drug Test – FOX 5 Atlanta – VIDEO
~ City worker fired twice over ‘false positive’ drug test – YouTube
~ Cops Using FAKE Drug Tests To Convict Hundreds Of Thousands – YouTube
~ Cotton candy falsely tests positive for meth during traffic stop in Monroe County – YouTube
~ Cotton candy not meth – FOX 5 Atlanta – VIDEO
~ Cotton candy or meth? Woman sues Monroe Co. over false drug test results – 13wmaz.com – VIDEO
~ ‘Drug’ was really sugar – FOX 13 Tampa Bay – VIDEO
~ Drywall mistaken for cocaine during Oviedo traffic stop – YouTube
~ False drug test leads to wrongful Leawood raid – YouTube
~ False Positive Drug Tests Exposed – YouTube
~ False positive on drug test has student questioning school’s policy – KSL.com – VIDEO
~ Faulty Drug Test Investigation – YouTube
~ Faulty field drug test sends Pasco woman to jail – VIDEO
~ Field Drug Test Kits – YouTube
~ Field Test Failure – FOX 5 Atlanta – VIDEO
~ Field Test Failure Reaction – FOX 5 Atlanta – VIDEO
~ How Many Innocent People Have Been Falsely Convicted By A Drug Test? – YouTube
~ ‘I never want to go through this again-‘ Georgia woman sues county after cotton candy arrest – 13wmaz.com – VIDEO
~ I-Team: Field Drug Test False Positive- Arrest For Meth, Actually Cotton Candy – YouTube
~ I-Team: Innocent Georgians Jailed Over False Positives From Drug Field Test Kits – YouTube
~ I-Team Update- Macon woman sues over candy falsely tested positive for meth – YouTube
~ I-Team: What Happens When Field Drug Test Kits Send Innocent People To Jail? – YouTube
~ I-Team: Wrongly Jailed After Field Test On Breath Mint Shows Positive For Crack – YouTube
~ Innocent Man Spends 90 Days in Jail After Cops Mistake Drywall Powder for Cocaine – YouTube
~ Las Vegas police use flawed drug tests – YouTube
~ Pensacola man claims false-positive drug field test cost him his job – WEAR – VIDEO
~ Police Mistake Donut Glaze for Meth, Man Arrested – YouTube
~ Six Meth Tests Return False Positives in Santa Clara County – YouTube
~ Team 10: Local woman wrongly imprisoned after failed drug test – YouTube
~ VERIFY: Yes, food and medication can cause false positives on drug tests – WKYC 3 – VIDEO
~ Woman falsely accused of trafficking meth that turns out to be cotton candy – YouTube
~ Woman jailed after false positive drug test – khou.com – VIDEO
~ Woman sues Georgia county after wrongful cotton candy arrest – YouTube
~ Questions surround CBD oil after causing failed drug tests – YouTube
~ Michigan State Police rolls out roadside drug testing pilot for 5 counties – YouTube
~ Positive drug tests for workers at 10-year high – YouTube
Just Say “NO” To Drug Tests
~ Attorney: drivers should put the brakes on roadside drug test – YouTube
Mainstream News
- ~ $2 Police Drug Kit Sending Innocent People to Jail – Newser
- ~ 298 wrongful drug convictions identified in ongoing audit – The Houston Chronicle
- ~ A Man Spent 82 Days in Jail on Meth Charges. The Meth Was Actually Honey. – Reason.com
- ~ A partial list of things that field testing drug kits have mistakenly identified as contraband – Washington Post
- ~ A woman was jailed for three months because police thought her cotton candy was meth – CNN
- ~ After False Drug Test, He Was in Solitary Confinement for 120 Days – The New York Times
- ~ Another field drug test mistake sends woman to jail — for months – FOX 13 Tampa Bay
- ~ Banned for being sober: How roadside drug driving tests are WRONG up to 16% of the time – and innocent drivers could be losing their licences – Daily Mail Online
- ~ Busted — ProPublica
- ~ Busted: Tens of thousands of people every year are sent to jail based on the results of a $2 roadside drug test. Widespread evidence shows that these tests routinely produce false positives. Why are police departments and prosecutors still using them? – ProPublica
- ~ ‘No Field Test is Fail Safe’- Meet the Chemist Behind Houston’s Police Drug Kits: Decades after L.J. Scott developed a test for cocaine, his invention played a role in hundreds of wrongful convictions in Houston — ProPublica
- ~ Prosecutors in Portland Change Policy on Drug Convictions — ProPublica
- ~ Street Hustle- The Truth Behind the ‘New’ Police Tool for Confronting Fentanyl Menace. Drug test manufacturer repackages old, error-prone chemical formula as cutting-edge product — ProPublica
- ~ System Failures: The Houston cases shed light on a disturbing possibility: that wrongful convictions are most often not isolated acts of misconduct by the authorities but systemic breakdowns — among judges and prosecutors, defense lawyers and crime labs — ProPublica
- ~ Unreliable and Unchallenged: Years after the Las Vegas crime lab wanted to replace faulty police drug kits, they are still used in thousands of convictions. — ProPublica
- ~ Can drug labs be sued for faulty drug tests? – USA Today
- ~ Confusion over field drug tests highlights lack of training for Florida officers – Tampa Bay Times
- ~ Cops mistook Krispy Kreme doughnut glaze for meth, Orlando man says – Orlando Sentinel
- ~ Cotton Candy Cartel? Macon woman sues after false positive test leads to meth trafficking arrest – FOX 5 Atlanta
- ~ Cotton candy or meth- Woman sues Monroe Co. over false drug test results – 13wmaz.com
- ~ Drug Tests Not Immune from False Positives – CBS News
- ~ Drug test’s false positive lands college student in jail – FOX 13 Tampa Bay
- ~ Drug Tests’ Reliability Is Limited, Experts Say – Los Angeles Times
- ~ Exculsive: NY inmate did 200 days in solitary for false drug test: suit – New York Daily News
- ~ False positive on drug test has student questioning school’s policy – KSL.com
- ~ False positive on field drug test puts an innocent woman in jail for 5 months – WTF Florida
- ~ Florida Man Awarded $37,500 After Cops Mistake Glazed Doughnut Crumbs For Meth – NPR
- ~ Georgia police used faulty drug testing tool that sent people to jail – TheGrio
- ~ Georgia Grandmother Spent 3 Months in Prison After Police Confused Cotton Candy for Meth – People
- ~ Georgia Southern QB says false-positive field test showed bird droppings as cocaine – Fox 5 Atlanta
- ~ Georgia woman sues after cotton candy mistakenly flagged as meth – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- ~ How a $2 Roadside Drug Test Sends Innocent People to Jail – The New York Times
- ~ How Faulty Drug Field Tests Led Harris County Deputies To Mistake Cat Litter for Meth – Houston Press
- ~ ‘I never want to go through this again-‘ Georgia woman sues county after cotton candy arrest – 13wmaz.com
- ~ In Pursuit of Liquid Gold – The New York Times
- ~ Innocent Man Spends 90 Days in Jail After Cops Mistake Drywall Powder for Cocaine – WTF Florida
- ~ Innocent man spent months in jail for bringing honey back to United States – The Washington Post
- ~ Leaked Documents Say Roughly 2,000 NY Prisoners Affected By Erroneous Drug Tests – Gothamist
- ~ Look how often field drug tests send innocent Georgians to jail – FOX 5 Atlanta
- ~ Louisiana woman jailed in Houston after false positive drug test – 12newsnow.com
- ~ Man falsely jailed for trafficking cocaine after false positive field test considering suit – WSVN 7 News
- ~ Man spends three months in jail after false positive on police drug test – KFOR Oklahoma City
- ~ Man spends three months in jail after false positive on police drug test. Was it drywall or cocaine? Florida police drug test can’t be sure – CNN
- ~ NYTimes and ProPublica Expose Worthless -Roadside Drug Tests- That Send Innocent Americans To Jail – Daily Kos
- ~ Opinion – Faulty drug field tests bring false confessions, bad convictions – The Washington Post
- ~ Opinion – Las Vegas PD still using bogus drug test kits, years after admitting that they’re unreliable – The Washington Post
- ~ Opinion – Why are police departments still using drug field tests- – The Washington Post
- ~ Oviedo police review test kits after drywall tests positive for cocaine – WFTV
- ~ Pensacola man claims false-positive drug field test cost him his job – WEAR
- ~ Police around the world review drug test kit policy in wake of FOX 5 I-Team investigation – FOX 5 Atlanta
- ~ Police Thought Cotton Candy Was Meth. She Spent 3 Months in Jail for Their Mistake. – The New York Times
- ~ Powdered drywall mistaken for cocaine lands innocent Oviedo man behind bars for 90 days – WFTV
- ~ Putting law enforcement’s drug testing kits to the test – WRDW
- ~ Roadside drug testing device picks up false positives from poppy seeds and tea, B.C. lawyers find – Global News Canada
- ~ SFPD drug-test technician accused of skimming – SF Gate
- ~ Since We Reported on Flawed Roadside Drug Tests, Five More Convictions Have Been Overturned — ProPublica
- ~ SPECIAL INVESTIGATION- Las Vegas drug convictions rely on faulty police field tests – Las Vegas Review-Journal
- ~ State police pay $195K to man jailed over soap – The Morning Call
- ~ Taxpayers to Be Held Liable After Cops Mistake Vitamins for Opioids and Jail Innocent Mom for Months – The Free Thought Project
- ~ The Government’s Drug Tester Kit May Lead To Unfounded Arrests – HuffPost Canada News
- ~ Unreliable Field Drug Tests Result In Innocent People Pleading Guilty – HuffPost
- ~ VERIFY: Yes, food and medication can cause false positives on drug tests – WKYC 3
- ~ Woman jailed after false positive drug test – khou.com
- ~ Woman jailed for faulty drug test suing Pasco County Sheriff’s Office – FOX 13 Tampa Bay
- ~ CBD or THC? Common Drug Test Can’t Tell the Difference – The New York Times
- ~ False Positive- CBD use could affect drug tests – FOX 8
- ~ Legal CBD Products May Make You Test Positive For Cannabis In Urine Drug Tests, Johns Hopkins Study Says – Forbes
- ~ NY man can sue drug-testing company for alleged false positive for marijuana, court rules – syracuse.com
- ~ Popular Police Field Tests Can’t Tell the Difference Between CBD and Marijuana – NBC4 Washington
- ~ Roadside drug tests for cannabis return false results, research finds – ABC News Australia
- ~ These everyday products could lead to a failed drug test – New York Post
- ~ Poppy bread found to cause false positive drug test – The Brussels Times
- ~ Poppy seeds CAN trigger a false positive on a drug test – 3AW
Independent News
- ~ A look at the “evidence” justifying drug tests – UKCIA
- ~ A Look Inside The Drug Testing Industry – Drug Testing Insider
- ~ Cops Mistake Krispy Kreme Donuts for Meth, Throw Innocent 64-Year-Old Man in Jail, Strip Search Him – Alternet.org
- ~ Drug Tests Administered By Prison Staff Aren’t Much Better Than The Terrible Ones Deployed By Cops – Techdirt
- ~ False Arrests From Flawed Cocaine Detection Kit- the NIK 6500 is Bad News for Texas – Dallas Justice Blog
- ~ False Drug Test Results Blamed for Jailhouse Punishments – Courthouse News Service
- ~ Faulty Field Tests And Overblown Drug Raid Claims- The War On Drugs In Clay County, Florida – Techdirt
- ~ Feature: Citing Startling Research on False Positive Drug Tests, Researchers Call for Moratorium on Field Drug Test Kit Testing – Stop the Drug War
- ~ Field Drug Tests- The $2 Tool That Can Destroy Lives – Techdirt
- ~ Georgia police used faulty drug testing tool that sent people to jail – TheGrio
- ~ Innocent Father of 6 Kidnapped and Caged for Months Because Cops Mistook Honey for Meth – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Innocent Man Jailed for a Month, His Life Ruined, After Cops Mistook Soap for Cocaine – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Innocent Mom Jailed for 5 Months As Cops Mistake Vitamins for Opioids – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Man Gets $37,500 Payout After Field Drug Test Says Donut Crumbs Are Methamphetamines – Techdirt
- ~ Navy finds fault in drug testing of sailors at Great Lakes, investigation underway – Navy Times
- ~ New Report Calls for Moratorium on Use of Most Widely Used Field Drug Tests – Organic Consumers Association
- ~ ‘No Field Test Is Fail Safe’- Meet the Chemist Behind Houston’s Police Drug Kits – Mint Press News
- ~ NY State Prisons Finally Stop Using Faulty Drug Testing Equipment; Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Victims – Prison Legal News
- ~ One Third of Field Drug Test Units Give False Positives – Chromatography Today
- ~ Positively Wrong: Unreliable Roadside Drug Tests Lead Innocent People to Plead Guilty – Innocence Project
- ~ Prosecutors Have the Power to Stop Bad Roadside Drug Tests From Ruining People’s Lives – American Civil Liberties Union
- ~ Researchers Expose Police Field Drug Test Kits – They Test Positive to Just About Everything – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Roadside Drug Tests Routinely Produce False Positives, ProPublica Reports – Equal Justice Initiative
- ~ Sheriff’s Dept. Charges Man With No Drugs With ‘Intent To Distribute Counterfeit Controlled Substances’ – Techdirt
- ~ Study- Tens of Thousands of Innocent People In Prison Because of Faulty Field Drug Test Kits – The Free Thought Project
- ~ ‘Tens of Thousands’ Wrongly Convicted Based on Unreliable Drug Tests – Reason.com
- ~ The $2 Field Drug Test That Sends Thousands of Innocent People to Jail – Alternet.org
- ~ The $2 Drug Test Police Are Using to Destroy Innocent Peoples’ Lives – The Anti Media
- ~ The Drug Test Scam – Drug Library
- ~ WATCH- Innocent Grandma Jailed for Months Because Cops Mistook Cotton Candy for Meth – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Woman Sues Georgia Deputies After Their Field Drug Test Said Her Cotton Candy Was Meth – Techdirt
Facts and Stats
Reports
- ~ Drug Testing: A Bad Investment – ACLU – PDF
- ~ Test negative. A look at the “evidence” justifying illicit-drug tests – PubMed
- ~ Urine drug screening- practical guide for clinicians – PubMed
- ~ Urine Drug Screening- Practical Guide for Clinicians. Mayo Clinic Proceedings – Sci-Hub – PDF
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