While the mystery behind what led Michigan state police forensic scientists to produce thousands of faulty marijuana blood test results lingers, multiple criminal defense attorneys who spoke with MLive are calling for a new way of doing things.
They believe the science that produces data at the center of criminal prosecution should be unbiased and independent of law enforcement influence. They want police out of the the forensic testing business and they’re using the latest THC blood testing debacle to justify their stance.
It’s been a month since state police said they realized there was a problem with the results produced by the agency’s blood toxicology testing for THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana.
“When the issue first came to our attention on Aug. 19, 2022, the (Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division) immediately launched a significant evaluation of our testing process,” state police Director Col. Joe Gasper said in a prepared statement. “The evaluation found the laboratory confirmatory method in use may cause … THC to be identified when the sample contains a combination of THC and CBD, or THC to be identified when the sample contains CBD alone.”
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