The Germs' Drummer Arrested For Carrying Soap

dwrugh writes "The drummer for the seminal punk band The Germs, Don Bolles, was arrested in Orange County because a field-test kit indicated his bottle of Dr. Bronner's soap contained GHB, the date-rape drug. (Here is an interview with Bolles.) Using the same test kit, available on the web for $20 for a pack of 10, according to Bolles' attorney on NBC this morning, other soaps tested positive for GHB. But of course since it's just soap, when you test it in a real crime lab it comes back negative. Makes you wonder what other common household products also test positive, and how many others have been arrested based on faulty test kits who didn't have the resources to defend themselves."

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GHB is not THC

[Frosty Piss]

The Slashdot write-up implies that Dr. Bonner's Soap is known to test positive for GHB, but that's not what the actual referenced article says at all.

The company, which is used to law enforcement issues because one ingredient is hemp oil -- and field tests sometimes show positive for THC -- hired Margolin, The Times reported.

Further, the "soap" was in a wooden ("stash") box that Bonner attempted to conceal. Is one's "stash" box normally where one keeps "soap"? Just askin...