Drug Analysis
San Francisco DA Posts List Of Cases Possibly Impacted By Forensic Lab Analyst Misconduct
108 Convictions Tied to Massachusetts Chemist’s Misconduct May Be Vacated
Challenging an officer’s identification of marijuana by sight or smell
There have been several posts on this and related topics here and here. This post will attempt to compile all of the resources and walk attorneys through the process of making these challenges. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-87(16) provides the statutory definition of marijuana, specifically excluding from its definition industrial hemp. Industrial hemp, as defined in …
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Does Illinois’ pot law pass the smell test? Scent of weed can still prompt cops to search vehicles
Disciplinary Hearings Begin For Ex-Prosecutors Accused Of Withholding Evidence In Farak Drug Lab Scandal
Lots of Drugs, Lax Oversight: Former SF Medical Examiner Staffers Say Lab Analyst’s Meth Arrest ‘Just the Tip of the Iceberg’
Arrest of lab worker at SF medical examiner’s office, allegedly with evidence bag of meth, could taint cases
District Attorney to probe forensic lab analyst’s work after arrest
OSAC Registry Approved Standards
Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Evidence (OSAC) is developing documentary standards for each forensic discipline. Standards under consideration as well as approved standards are available in the OSAC Registry.
Meth contamination found at state crime lab
Bill to end police stops for marijuana smell passes Va. Senate
NY State Prisons Abruptly Suspend Drug Tests For Contraband
State prison agency halts contraband tests producing faulty results (NY)
Newly-Developed Drug Test May Be Able to Help Distinguish Hemp from Marijuana
In July of 2019, Virginia became the first US state to acquire a new drug test created by a team of forensic chemists in Switzerland. The 4-AP test, or “Cannabis Typification” or “Swiss Test,” purports to be able to help differentiate between hemp– a legal variety of cannabis– and marijuana. However, laboratory documentation says that …
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