I hope this Jamaican has a good lawyer

[malaise]

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/28/us/honey-liquid-meth-baltimore-airport/index.html
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The Maryland resident spent 82 days in jail after he was arrested December 29 and accused of bringing a controlled substance into the country. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers who searched Haughton's bag upon his arrival to Baltimore/Washington International Airport said the honey he was carrying tested positive for drugs.
"They said I was charged with methamphetamine, so I said, 'what is methamphetamine?'" Haughton told CNN affiliate WJLA.
Charging documents say the 46-year-old man told officers he had purchased the honey on the side of a road in Jamaica, but officers suspected it was liquid meth.
Each of the three bottles tested positive for methamphetamine in a field test, according to a probable cause statement. Haughton was taken to a county jail to face multiple charges including importing a controlled substance into the state and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
He stayed there until March when the charges against him were dropped after a second test in a Georgia lab found no signs of drugs.

[guillaumeb]

1. Honey?

What were the bees eating?

Please send me some of those special flower seeds, malaise.

[malaise]

2. Worse than that

I've never heard of meth in Jamaica

[guillaumeb]

3. If the demand is there, supply will follow.

Basic economic theory, except in GOP fantasy land.

[malaise]

4. Jamaicans love their weed

No meth country here

[guillaumeb]

5. Meth production is often found in rural areas of the US.

Probably for privacy reasons. Fewer neighbors to notice the smell.

[HipChick]

7. Good point Malaise! I have not heard of it either

in the Islands....I read that story last week
Poor guy, lost his job languishing in jail for nothing ...

[NewDayOranges]

6. You are all missing the point...

An innocent man was detained for 6 months based on the fraudulent results of drug tests. The original tester should be locked up and all of their previous test results should be re-examined if they were used to convict anyone!

[guillaumeb]

8. Welcome to DU.

I was actually making a joke, but your point is well taken.