Police: Drug Testing Lab Mishandles Evidence

Crime scene evidence sent to a state lab for testing was tampered with and stolen, a state police investigation shows.

To date, there are 15 known cases, most involving Oxycontin, said public defender Brendan O'Neill. One case involves marijuana, he said.

“It may be that there are more,” O'Neill said.

O'Neill said in some cases all of the evidence was taken, in others only some of it. It at least one instance, he said, blood pressure medication was substituted for oxycontin.
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