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Bifferer t1_j28rcbl wrote

Reply to comment by publicbigguns in Exclusive: U.S. considers airline wastewater testing as COVID surges in China by Smithy2232

Be ready for them to look for the presence of drugs.

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InternationalCut2610 t1_j28ylem wrote

That would be a good idea to identify trends. It's not like they can identify the individual responsible.

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sudoku7 t1_j293rup wrote

Depending on how many segments on your trip they could.

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Future-Studio-9380 t1_j2adnaw wrote

It is theoretically possible but goddamn there is so much reasonable doubt that would be created that you could fly a planet through it and you would have to test all flights and not just random samples and the drug probably has to be uncommon and you would have to personally drug test anyway in the end.

But yes, you could in very very unlikely circumstances if you already know who is positive for a rarely used drug find if they were on multiple flights w/drugs in their system.

I'll give a charity upvote for you though because it is theoretically possible still.

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sudoku7 t1_j2aftv4 wrote

It may just be my cynicism wrt the US justice system that it's possible enough to be used to justify harassment of someone the police 'know' to be guilty.

But I guess to be fair on that, all they need to do is look at you and decide they smelled some grass to have probable cause.

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mces97 t1_j2a9vrg wrote

There's already the presence of drugs in wastewater.

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