Roadside drug tests are being proved unreliable

Being arrested in Illinois on charges related to drugs can be very stressful. The impact on your reputation, whether civil, personal, or economic, can be very damaging. You may risk being wrongfully detained if a faulty roadside drug test is used.

Problems with roadside drug tests

Using roadside drug tests to validate drug charges is a practice that is wrought with errors. These tests are not regulated by any currently existing agency of the U.S. government. Often, the officers who perform them have little or no training in how to do so.

A recent investigation of roadside drug test makers revealed a number of potentially alarming discoveries. One of them is that these tests are frequently manufactured in very high quantities. The materials made to use them are not always of the highest possible quality. The tests themselves are produced at a high rate of speed without inspection.