Are Drug Tests Failing Us? Thousands Of Innocent People Get Arrested Every Year Due To Inaccurate Testing
Nearly 800,000 people will face arrest this year due to the use of field drug tests, known for their well-known accuracy issues. Out of that number, approximately 30,000 arrests will include individuals falsely accused by color-based presumptive tests, despite not possessing illegal substances themselves. That's according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Penn Carey Law School's Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice. Their recent study was based on a comprehensive survey conducted across the nation, revealing roughly 773,000 out of over 1.5 million drug-related arrests every year involving the application of presumptive tests. Ross Miller, Quattrone Center Assistant Director and lead author of the report said presumptive field drug test kits often produce ‘false positives,' adding their primary objective was never to yield definitive proof of drug presence.
