Drug testing of arrestees in DC

If you are arrested in DC, there is a good chance you will be drug tested regardless of whether you end up being charged with any crime at all. This project aims to understand the process of drug testing arrestees, including the policies, rules, and procedures for testing and measuring an arrestee’s use of drugs, what specimen or sample is collected, how much of that specimen or sample is collected, how the specimen or sample is collected, what drugs are tested for, how the drugs are tested, what error rates apply for each drug (such as the rate of false positive and false negatives), how screening is to be done for lawfully prescribed medications, what is done to avoid cross-contamination, what is done to keep track of each specimen or sample, chain of custody, how chain of custody is recorded, what paperwork and forms are to be completed, how such information is stored, retained, and transmitted, and for how long, and any other information regarding the procedure and methods of pretrial drug testing of arrestees in the District of Columbia.