Douglas County Crime Lab validates field test to differentiate hemp and marijuana
Douglas County Crime Lab validates field test to differentiate hemp and marijuana
Updated: 10:29 PM CDT Oct 28, 2019
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EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT PEAKS ON A GRA SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEMP MARIJUANA, DOUGLAS COUNTY FORENSIC SCIENTIST CHRISTINE GAY BIG VALIDATED THAT TEST JUST THREE WEEKS AGO NOW SHE’S ON TO ANOTHER CHALLENGE THE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD NEED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY IF A PERSON HAS DRUGS ON THEM OR IF THEY HAVE A LEGAL SUBSTANCE SUCH AS HEMP DEPUTIES HAD BEEN USING ONE TEST FOR YEARS USING CHEMICALS IN BEAKERS TO IDENTIFY MARIJUANA, BUT THAT TEST WOULD SHOW A POSITIVE REACTION FOR ANY CANNABIS PRODUCT THE OLD TESTS THAT YOU CAN EITHER BEING TESTS WOULD WITH BOTH MARIJUANA AND HEMP LAST YEAR A FORENSIC SCIENCE LAB IN ZURICH SWITZERLAND DEVELOPED A FIELD TEST TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE. THEY JUST BECAME AVAILABLE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE’S A DEMAND FOR THIS NOW WHEN THE LAWS PASSED IN THE UNITED STATES LEGALIZING HEM THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION DID A MAJOR VALIDATION GIVING THE GO-AHEAD FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO USE THEM LAST WEEK, THEN IT WAS DOUGLAS COUNTY’S TURN TO TEST THE TEST TURNS TO PURPLE FOR HELP WITH HIS WHAT WE FOUND I VALIDATION AND THEN BLOOM FOR THEY SAY THEY WORK. USING CHEMICALS IN PRE-MEASURED BEAKERS THE TEST SHOWS PURPLE FOR HAM OR BLUE FOR MARIJUANA ANY TEST THAT COMES BACK POSITIVE WILL STILL GO THROUGH FORMAL TESTING. IT’S NOT CONCLUSIVE. IT’S NOT 1% BUT IT’S A PRELIMINARY TEST AND THEN IF A SUBSTANCE IS SEIZED WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE TESTED BY THE LAB DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTIES WILL CARRY THE OLD TEST AS A PRELIMINARY TEST IF THE SUBSTANCE REACTS A SUPERVISOR WILL BE CALLED TO PERFORM THE NEW WEST DEPUTIES SAY THE NEW TEST IS THREE TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE. SO ONLY SUPERVISORS WILL CARRY THEM GAY BIG CALLS IT A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE COUNTY. THERE IS NO BIG CRISIS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY WAS SAYING THAT NOBODY COULD GET IN TROUBLE ANYMORE FOR MARIJUANA OR THAT OR THAT WE ESSENTIALLY LEGALIZED MARIJUANA BYPASSING THAT LAW AND THAT DIDN’
Douglas County Crime Lab validates field test to differentiate hemp and marijuana
Douglas County Crime Lab validates field test to differentiate hemp and marijuana
Updated: 10:29 PM CDT Oct 28, 2019
KETV Newswatch 7’s Sarah Fili reports.
KETV Newswatch 7’s Sarah Fili reports.
