We collected child welfare data in 21 states to report on the consequences of faulty drug tests for pregnant women, including referrals to law enforcement.

A false positive test misidentifying baking soda as a mixture of fentanyl and horse tranquilizer is what landed a Pennsylvania man in a notorious New York prison for two weeks, the state Attorney ...

California’s parole board is using unreliable drug test results in decisions about releasing incarcerated people despite flaws that were exposed in a rash of false positives two years ago, more than a ...

ATLANTA (InvestigateTV) — Some parents in Georgia are fighting what they call a broken child welfare system, arguing the state’s drug testing procedures, which are designed to ensure sobriety, are ...

Hospitals routinely use unreliable drug tests at childbirth, and many parents are reported to child welfare agencies and the ...

(InvestigateTV) — In the child welfare system, a positive drug test can rip families apart. However, some families say their tests were false positives. InvestigateTV+ examines how this can happen and ...