New "Meth Gun" Not as Cool as it Sounds
Courtesy of Pete Guither at DrugWarRant comes this terrifying story.
From CNET News:
A new "meth gun," in development by Maryland-based CDEX, enables police to use ultraviolet light to detect trace amounts of chemicals left by methamphetamines and other illegal drugs.
Civil libertarians have been concerned for some time that drug war profiteers would begin marketing something like this. Of course, the obvious problem with this type of technology is that it will inevitably be wrong sometimes.
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