IF YOU NEED HELP
If you have been negatively impacted by an inaccurate roadside drug test, or are facing or defending a prosecution based on an uncorroborated roadside drug test, here are links that may be helpful to you:
LEGAL
April 2018 California Superior Court decision related to the use of field drug tests in grand jury proceedings.
http://www.ncstl.org/picture/1023
August 2020 9th Circuit Court of Appeal Brief related to field drug test usage in prison disciplinary sanctions.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/7326382/Steffey-v-Salazar-9th-Circuit.pdf
July 2021 Class Action complaint against Massachusetts Dept. of Corrections and December 2021 preliminary injunction and TRO prohibiting use of uncorroborated field drug tests in inmate sanctions.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21019044/green-v-ma-doc-complaint.pdf
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21124236-mass-doc-tro
MEDIA
Pro Publica investigation on how roadside drug tests send innocent people to jail.
Reason.com article: The $2 Drug Test Keeping Inmates in Solitary.
https://reason.com/2021/06/13/the-2-drug-test-keeping-inmates-in-solitary/
WTOC TV Savannah, Georgia investigative news report.
https://www.wtoc.com/2019/12/12/wtoc-investigates-field-drug-tests-producing-false-results/
RESOURCES
The Expert Institute; How to confront false positives.
GOVERNMENT REPORTS
National Institute of Justice 2018 study of Field Portable Devices for Presumptive Drug Testing.
U.S. Government Accountability Office 2021 report on Customs and Border Protection’s use of field drug tests.
https://www.gao.gov/assets/720/713962.pdf
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