Category Archives: forensic toxicology

Forensics: “Nearly perfect?”InvestigateTV+: State-contracted drug test lab under scrutiny for false positives

Posted on October 29, 2025 by csidds

A drug testing lab under scrutiny for its results is still not performing a specialized test to minimize false positive concerns. — Read on http://www.kktv.com/2025/10/28/investigatetv-state-contracted-drug-test-lab-under-scrutiny-false-positives/

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Forensics: Was Trey Reed lynched or was he a suicide? His family ignored by local cops. Kaepernick Institute paid for 2d autopsy.

Posted on October 3, 2025 by csidds

Update: No official info on the 2d autopsy. There is a social media screenshot from Today (Saturday) at the end of this post that is unverified. What is known Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a 21-year-old Black student at Delta State University … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Measles Outbreak in Texas

Posted on February 9, 2025 by csidds

You won’t hear this on Fox News. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF3BDExx7G7/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

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Forensics: Cop drug lab testing sent woman to jail for 3 months. It was actually cotton candy. Video report.

Posted on September 17, 2024 by csidds

https://x.com/witty_shitty/status/1835701917089243362?s=46&t=_LZ-EmgTWJl8lacH6zM1gw

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Forensics: “Gloves off” Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked talc to cancer claiming junk opinions.

Posted on July 14, 2023 by csidds

Johnson & Johnson has sued four doctors who published studies citing links between talc-based personal care products and cancer, escalating an attack on scientific studies that the company alleges are inaccurate. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/johnson-johnson-sues-researchers-who-linked-talc-cancer-2023-07-13/

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Forensics: False positives. Rhode Island Department of Health Forensic Chemistry Lab Contamination Investigation

Posted on March 18, 2023 by csidds

Authorities are reviewing hundreds of test results at the Rhode Island Department of Health lab over concerns they could have been contaminated, the state’s… — Read on http://www.necn.com/news/local/hundreds-of-cases-under-review-after-potential-contamination-at-ri-forensics-lab/2947766/

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Forensics: Michigan State Police: 3,250 THC lab reports may be inaccurate

Posted on September 1, 2022 by csidds

The Michigan State Police say about 3,250 lab reports on THC toxicology samples in prosecutions may be inaccurate because of a technical issue. — Read on http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2022/09/01/michigan-state-police-3250-thc-lab-reports-may-be-inaccurate/

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Forensics: Police blood pattern experts. Can Forensic Science Be Trusted?

Posted on May 12, 2022 by csidds

A bloodstain expert’s testimony helped put him in prison. But can forensic science be trusted? — Read on http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/06/how-reliable-is-forensic-science/629632/

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Forensics: The progress of addiction in the US. ‘The deadliest drug we’ve ever known’: author Sam Quinones on how fentanyl saturated the US

Posted on January 23, 2022 by csidds

In his new book, Quinones investigates how the explosion of synthetic drugs spurred an ‘epidemic of addiction’ — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/22/fentanyl-methamphetamine-drugs-epidemic-us

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Forensics: Washington State Patrol’s toxicology lab ran tests in office contaminated by meth, possibly jeopardizing thousand of cases

Posted on July 27, 2021 by csidds

SEATTLE – Behind the locked doors of a third-floor office in South Seattle, countertop instruments filled with dozens of tiny vials feed data to nearby monitors while performing scores of tests each day in pursuit of justice. — Read on … Continue reading →

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