Drug Analysis
Watch a Florida Cop Botch a Drug Field Test on Video, Then Arrest an Innocent Man (FL)
How The Wave Of Synthetic Cannabinoids Got Started
Cotton candy or meth? Woman claims drug test confused dessert with drug, spent months in jail (GA)
Will charging opioid dealers with murder prevent fatal overdoses? NC prosecutors hope so.
Is Fentanyl Deadly to the Touch?
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS): In Scientific Evidence, Even ‘Gold Standard’ Techniques Have Limitations
by Joanna Gin and Edward Imwinkelreid. UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper, available for free download. Like nuclear DNA testing, GC/MS analysis has important limitations. Courts should not assume it is a nearly infallible technique. When GC/MS is used in drug testing, the court must inquire as to the mode of analysis: full scan, selective …
Hemp or Marijuana?
Your client is charged with possession of marijuana. They tell you they possessed hemp – not marijuana. Industrial hemp is not visually distinguishable from illicit marijuana. Is that a defense? I would say yes, if your client is a licensed industrial hemp farmer growing industrial hemp in compliance with all regulations. But, if your client …