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More meth, cocaine contamination found at Washington state toxicology lab

  More meth, cocaine contamination found at Washington state toxicology lab Aug. 23, 2021 at 6:00 am     Restart gallery   More Photo Galleries Warming up and keeping cool around Seattle Citizens vote, and King County counts ballots, in today’s primary election Seattle trying variety of tricks and treats to lure people back downtown   1  of  3   | At the Washington State Patrol’s toxicology lab in South Seattle, a forensic scientist prepares vials with cannabinoids (from... (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)  More  Skip Ad   By  Lewis Kamb   Seattle Times staff reporter Recent sampling at Washington’s only forensic toxicology laboratory has found more areas contaminated with methamphetamine and cocaine, raising further skepticism among defense lawyers about the integrity of blood testing being performed at a lab relied upon in thousands of criminal cases and death investigations statewide. The latest sampling at the Washington State Patrol Toxicology Laboratory detected residual levels