Police Drug Tests Are Notoriously Unreliable. They Got…
Originally reported by Reason.com — 2026-02-23
On paper, Bryan Getchius fit the profile of a drug mule. When sheriff’s deputies pulled him over in Greenwood County, South Carolina, on a spring night in 2024, Getchius, 41, was driving a car with out-of-state plates on a suspended driver’s license. He was so nervous that he was shaking, and his story was confusing. The deputies asked if they could search his car. Getchius would have normally said no, but he was hoping the deputies would give him a break on his license if he cooperated. Besides, he knew something important: He and his car were clean. For the first time since he was 19, Getchius says, he had achieved long-term sobriety.
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Police Drug Tests Are Notoriously Unreliable. They Got This Man Wrongly Charged With Trafficking Fen — Reason.com
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