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Field Drug Tests as Inaccurate as Breathalyzers

By Ed Brayton

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I'm sure you'll all be shocked to find out that those field drug tests used by police officers to determine whether a given substance is an illicit drug are about as accurate as field breathalyzer tests, which is to say they're wildly inaccurate. Jacob Sullum has the details at Reason, along with a link to the study that backs it up.

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Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 15, 2009 (boomark / email).

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