Appeals Court Calls DEA Drug Tests Into Question, Overturns Sentence Based On Expert's Assertions

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We all know field drug tests are inaccurate. The cheap, portable tests turn everything from diesel to humans ashes to contraband, resulting in the wrongful arrests of people who’ve done nothing wrong. Cases often get tossed once these substances are tested by drug labs, but the harm has often already been done. The faulty tests […]

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'Publication Laundering': How Publishers Happily Accept Fake And Nonsense Conference Papers In The Pursuit Of Profits

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Techdirt has written many times about the dysfunctional state of academic publishing. The main issue is that academics do most of the work required to publish a paper, but the publishers reap most of the benefit. Profit margins are extremely high for top publishers — typically 30-40%. And yet academics are routinely forbidden from sharing […]

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