Colorado becomes first state to ban arrests based on common drug test

Colorado has become the first state to ban arrests based solely on a field drug test widely used by law enforcement across ...
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This field drug test confused bird poop for cocaine. It has led to thousands of arrests, anyway

Law enforcement across the country is using a roadside drug test that is mistaking common foods and even bird poop for ...

These common drug tests lead to tens of thousands of wrongful arrests a year, experts say. One state is fighting back

A great-grandmother’s medicine tested positive for cocaine – spawning a 15-month legal nightmare, forcing her to refinance ...

'I don't do cocaine' | Commerce City woman's legal battle over false drug test echoes in landmark law

Holly Bennett said she woke up from emergency surgery in 2022 to find a police officer standing over her hospital bed, ...

New state law restricts police use of inexpensive field drug test amid questions of their accuracy

COLORADO, USA — A new Colorado law restricts the use by police of a controversial field drug test that studies have shown can ...
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State Sen. Weiner bill would limit police use of some drug tests over accuracy concerns

SAN FRANCISCO – State Senator Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit law enforcement from making arrests or filing charges based only on certain field tests ...