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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (282405)	11/29/2008 1:56:39 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794192

As you'll learn later, however, it turns out the NIK drug testing kits return false positives nearly 100% of the time if the results are interpreted incorrectly, as they were in this case... This is one of those stories that makes me more fearful of the government than any real drug trafficker.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (282405)	11/29/2008 2:26:19 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Respond to of 794192

The field kit drug tests produce false positives! So why did the NIK drug test reveal a positive result when the cacao was tested? To answer that question, NaturalNews purchased a portable narcotics drug test kit from CopQuest.com, an online supply source for law enforcement. The product we purchased is the Narcotics Identification System, part # 6060. It is manufactured by NIK Public Safety, Inc. in Jacksonville, FL. The test we used is test "E" -- which claims to offer "presumptive identifications of Marijuana, Hashish, Hash Oil and THC." According to the instructions, the test reveals a "positive" for Marijuana (or the other substances listed) when it turns purple. As is stated on the NIK Instructions for Use, step 5: "5. Break middle ampoule and agitate gently. A blue-violet (or purple) color will develop within a few seconds to a minute if Marijuana, Hashish, Hash Oil or THC is present. Allow sufficient time for the blue-violet (or purple) to develop for a positive test." Here at NaturalNews, we decided to put it to our own test. The NaturalNews Drug Labs Here in our NaturalNews labs, we have hundreds of pounds of Hashish just lying around. Or at least that's what the NIK drug test says. Let me explain: To test this NIK marijuana kit, I went to my kitchen and grabbed some Amazing Grass Chocolate Superfood (AmazingGrass.com). I thought, if we're testing for grass, why not test amazing grass? Carefully following the NIK instructions, I prepared test E for marijuana: I put a small sample of Amazing Grass superfood into the plastic bag, resealed the test kit, then broke the left ampoule as instructed. After shaking for 60 seconds (as instructed), here's what the pouch looked like: Next, I broke the center ampoule and agitated it gently, just as instructed. To my surprise, the liquid turned a dark blue/green purple color! Here's the picture you can see for yourself: Now, remember that the test kit says, "A blue-violet (or purple) color will develop within a few seconds to a minute if Marijuana, Hashish, Hash Oil or THC is present. Allow sufficient time for the blue-violet (or purple) to develop for a positive test." I proceeded with the next step (breaking the right ampoule), and it produced this result (notice the purple color of the liquid at the bottom): Here's a close-up of the result against a white background, where you can clearly see a purple hue in the top layer of the liquid at the bottom of the pouch: According to this test, then, I was in possession of Hashish! I guess Amazing Grass really is amazing, huh? It can morph from chocolate to illegal drugs in an instant! (My apologies to Amazing Grass for this demo. Their product contains absolutely no illicit drugs, and in fact, I love their product. Visit them at www.AmazingGrass.com to enjoy their delicious superfood products.) If this test had been conducted at the border, I could have been arrested, handcuffed to a chair in a jail cell, and subjected to ten hours of interrogation. That's all it takes, folks: Just one person shaking this plastic test kit and believing he sees a "purple" or "bluish" color. And this is the test the border police are using to arrest raw foodies and charge them with felony crimes! Anything they don't recognize gets put to the NIK test, and just about everything I've found produces a similar result. Here's another important point: Color is a SUBJECTIVE thing. One person might say it's dark blue, another could say it's brown, and a third could say it's purple. All it takes is one crack-smoking idiot with a badge to utter the word, "purple" and suddenly you're arrested at gunpoint, thrown into a jail cell and interrogated for ten hours. Welcome to the USA! It is the belief of NaturalNews that the NIK Narcotics Identification products produce false positives or, at the very least, misleading results that are frequently misinterpreted by law enforcement authorities as positives. NaturalNews has learned that NIK drug tests show positive results for THC for all the following natural substances: • Organic tea tree oil • Frankincense oil • CoQ10 • Raw chocolate

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (282405)	11/29/2008 8:41:27 PM
From: Tom Clarke	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794192

They're not eating government approved food! Raw milk lovers upset over Amish arrest BY MATTHEW LYSIAK DAILY NEWS WRITER Thursday, May 1st 2008, 4:00 AM It's the milk spill that crossed state lines. Brooklyn raw milk enthusiasts are crying over the loss of their supplier - a horse and buggy-driving Amish farmer from Pennsylvania. Mark Nolt of New Line, Pa., was arrested and shut down last Friday for selling the contraband. "Oh God. My heart is pounding. I can't believe what a God---- police state this is," said one Brooklyn customer who made monthly pickups of raw dairy products from Nolt that the farmer had dropped off in Manhattan by workers. "I gave him $100 last week for a huge delivery of stuff, including raw cream that I planned on using to make cream puffs," she said. The Brooklyn outcry came after six Pennsylvania state troopers raided Nolt's farm and confiscated his illegal dairy. "They swooped in on Friday morning like a bunch of Vikings, handcuffed me and stole $30,000 worth of my milk, cheese and butter," Nolt told the Daily News. Nolt is a devout Mennonite who sells raw dairy products at his farm and has them transported by truck to customers in Delaware and across New York City, where the raw goods are illegal. It is a violation of federal law to transport raw milk across state lines with the intent to sell it for consumption. Nolt was arrested for not having a permit to sell the goods in Pennsylvania, where they are allowed. He said he was working on the farm with his wife and 10 children when the agents cuffed him on charges of selling the contraband to an undercover officer. "The government doesn't have the right to dictate what I eat, and never will," said an unrepentant Nolt. Around the city, more and more parents are signing up to find out where dropoff points are to pick up raw milk they have bought online. To get around the law, no money changes hands. Milk pickup spots are posted in Williamsburg, Queens and neighborhoods in Manhattan - where a milk truck waits. The seizure on Nolt's farm has slowed Brooklyn's raw milk flow to a trickle, which is great news, at least as far as the FDA is concerned. An FDA report on illnesses caused by raw milk over the past five years says there have been 18 outbreaks of bacterial illness involving raw milk or raw milk cheeses in 15 states. nydailynews.com