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Hemp-Oil Puts Piss-Testing in a Hard Place |
| An Air Force master sergeant's acquittal on urinalysis-based drug charges has caused the drug-testing industry to gird for an anticipated flood of litigation from non-drug users who have wrongfully lost their jobs or been denied employment. |
| In US v. Gaines, a military case involving a
41-year-old airman at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, all charges were dropped after a
toxicologist explained to the jury that the THC found by drug-testers in his urine was
attributable to the ordinary hemp-oil dietary supplements, bought at a local grocery
store, which he'd been taking regularly for years. According to a report in The Journal of
Analytical Toxicology, "A dose consistent with the manufacturer's recommendation of
one to four tablespoons per day (15-60 mL) would be sufficient to cause a positive finding
for cannabinoid metabolites in a workplace urine drug-testing procedure designed to detect
marijuana use." (HighWitness News, Feb. '98.) |
| The precedent established in the Gaines case, abetted by a growing body of scientific evidence illustrating the forensic inadequacies of commercial drug-testing. |
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