News Information and Media Site: Is it drugs - or doughnut glaze? Faulty drug testing kits can lead to false positives, a widespread issue in jails

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Is it drugs - or doughnut glaze? Faulty drug testing kits can lead to false positives, a widespread issue in jails

Oct 17, 2021

Is it drugs - or doughnut glaze? Faulty drug testing kits can lead to false positives, a widespread issue in jails

Low-cost drug tests are imprecise and prone to user error, so they can flag everything from doughnut glaze to motor oil as illegal substances. In a column for NBC News, reporter Keri Blakinger describes her experience while incarcerated and falsely accused of having drugs in her jail cell. Read the latest "Inside Out" column by Blakinger, published in partnership with The Marshall Project.