A young African-American probationer came in for his monthly meeting; quite cheerful and nonchalent. We went through the routine proceedures and just before receiving his next appointment date, he was told that he would need to provide a urine sample for drug analysis. From there, things went downhill.
First, he said he couldn't go - then he had to be at work. He was told that he would be required to provide the sample before leaving the office and if he failed to comply within a designated period of time, it was a mandatory probation violation.
At last he agreed to comply, and not to any surprise, failed for THC marijuana. When questioned about the sample he stated firmly that he had not been smoking and had a "justifyable reason as to why it was in his system.
His words were, " It's the stuff they put in my suntan lotion".
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