It began in 1993. A series of crimes occurred in Germany, several of them violent, including six murders. Police were at a loss to identify a suspect, but thanks to DNA evidence collected in connection with the crime scenes they were certain about a few things: – the primary suspect was a woman; – she…
Most people associate alcohol testing with breathalyzers or blood draws, but a comparatively new technology that detects alcohol as it leaves your body through your skin is set to take a more meaningful place among the ways in which alcohol consumption can be measured, monitored, and perhaps even used against you. Devices to measure “transdermal…
The point of using a hand sanitizer is not just to wash your hands, but to kill germs on your skin. To accomplish this purpose, many hand sanitizers use ethanol as their active ingredient. As you may already know, ethanol is also the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages. But if a police officer pulls you…
We covered earlier on this blog what happened when the Oklahoma Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence failed to adhere to proper rulemaking procedures when it comes to the use of the Intoxilyzer 8000 breathalyzer device and improperly allowed the executive director of the Board of Tests to engage in what amounted to…
If you find yourself the subject of a police stop based on suspicion that you are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, including marijuana, at some point you might find yourself being subjected to a roadside drug test. This can take the form of a test to measure the presence of drugs in…
