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Personnel Safety Critical to Proper Storage of Marijuana for Evidence Protection
29 Jun 2017As laws associated with the legalization of marijuana continue to evolve throughout the United States, the criminal justice system and the forensic scientists who support evidence management are faced with new challenges in processing, storing and disposing of illegal plants. The following application note presents a drug storage cabinet especially designed to isolate potentially toxic evidence such as marijuana. This cabinet is useful for short-term storage of hazardous chemicals and other substances typically associated with drug investigations.
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