Florida Sheriff’s Office Stops Using Cocaine Test Kit Due to Concerns of False Positive Results
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has stopped using a particular brand of cocaine field testing kits after more than a decade due to an investigation by one of their detectives which revealed the kits potentially give false positive results. According to local news outlets in the area, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office issued a notice to all […]
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Audit Results Published
An audit on the Massachusetts cannabis industry recently revealed that the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) allowed millions in possibly unsafe cannabis products to be sold to consumers. The audit report was published on Sept. 26 by state auditor Diana DiZoglio, with the goal of finding if the CCC was following state regulations for recreational […]
Legalization in Canada Results in Fewer Incidents Between Youth and Cops
Cannabis legalization in Canada has led to a drop in incidents between the country’s youth and its law enforcement, according to data published earlier this spring. The findings, which were published in April in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, found that Canada’s five-year-old marijuana law “was associated with significant reductions in both male and […]