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The longer you blow into the State's breath machine, the higher the reading goes. This is unfair to individuals who provide more than the minimum volume of air required. Citizens deserve a better test. Read More
It seems our legislators may have been suffering from reefer madness when they wrote the latest bill to "legalize" marijuana. The bill gives millions of dollars to pseudoscientific oral fluid testing and bogus drug recognition evaluator training. Read More
The BCA didn't have a recipe for their acetone solutions for over 10 years. It turns out, their new recipe isn't much better than not having one at all. Read More
The State fails to report blood, breath, and urine alcohol measurements properly. Good science requires that they do. We must hold the State to a higher standard. Read More
A former State breath lab employee has analyzed breath samples on the DMT. He's found that small amounts of normal compounds on your breath could put you over the legal limit. Read More
Breath testing is fundamentally unfair due to large differences in lung capacities amongst different groups of people. Read More
Acid reflux, GERD, hiccuping, burping, and belching can all cause falsely elevated numbers in breath alcohol testing. Here is what can happen if you experience these issues during a breath test. Read More
The State's blood alcohol lab used uncalibrated equipment when analyzing blood and urine. Because of this, their results can't be traced to a known standard. Read More
Not everyone who is charged with a refusal has actually refused to test. There are legal, scientific, and common sense reasons to examine when defending against a refusal charge. Let's explore them here. Read More
Our client was charged with "Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol," and "Refusal to Submit to Chemical Testing." We showed the HGN was improperly administered, and challenged the PBT results -- without an expert. The jury came out with the verdict: NOT GUILTY. Read More
We've exposed new levels of State corruption this year. We've shown how State scientists colluded with lawyers to prevent the release of the source code; uncovered the lack of quality assurance in the breath, blood, and urine alcohol labs; and we've got much more to come. Read More
We went way back to our archives to look at the initial interference testing by the manufacturer of the DMT. It turns out that the fuel cell needs to be turned on to identify chemicals on a person's breath that could inflate their alcohol score. Read More
The State breath alcohol lab has been hiding problems with the breath alcohol machine for over ten years. It's time to shut it down. Our latest findings show that the fuel cell is necessary to detect interfering substances. Read More
State breath alcohol lab technicians approved a machine that failed to meet their standards. This shoddy machine has been in use for over 10 years now. It's time to set the record straight. Read More
Last week, a judge out of Stearns County, MN ordered that a breath alcohol test of one of our clients be suppressed. Read More
It's true, the BCA really does make a huge mistake - they treat bias as just another component of random error in their uncertainty equation. Read More
The State crime lab has been mislabeling the certified values of the controls for their alcohol analysis. Read More
The BCA blood and urine alcohol lab haven't been using matrix-matched controls with their machine. This is huge - they could be overestimating alcohol by 20%! Read More
The BCA blood/urine alcohol lab doesn't calibrate their pipette. It is standard procedure, yet the BCA refuses to follow the rules. Read More
The BCA has been mishandling bias in their breath testing machines. It's time they come clean and correct the issue. Read More
