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This field drug test confused bird poop for cocaine. It has led to thousands of arrests anyway

Bird poop, cotton candy, donut glaze - or cocaine? Law enforcement agencies across the country are using a roadside drug test that is mistaking common foods, medications and even bird poop for illegal ...
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These common drug tests lead to tens of thousands of wrongful arrests a year, experts say. One state is fighting back

Bird poop scraped off a man’s car appeared on a drug test as cocaine. A toddler’s ashes registered as methamphetamine or ecstasy. And a great-grandmother’s medicine tested positive for cocaine – ...
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Colorado passes first-in-the-nation law, banning arrest based solely on common drug tests

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (KDVR) — Colorado has become the first state to pass a law banning an arrest based solely on a colorimetric drug test, a common tool used by police to identify suspected narcotics ...