Prison drug testing has been revealed as seriously flawed in the Police Oracle. It reports that “drug free” certificates are being issued incorrectly after voluntary urine tests because – unlike hair drug tests - the system only picks up one or two drugs (from a potential nine) and the tests are taken too infrequently. Certificates, from now on, will not be worth the paper they are written on because of disclaimers highlighting the flaw.
Trimega blog
Prison Tests Flawed
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Tags: hair drug testing, Prison
This entry was posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm.
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