Drug Testing News

Peeing For The Court

Robert K. Sanford was president of Adapt, Inc., a company that provides court-ordered urinalyses for people convicted on drug charges, and his business practices demonstrate just how adaptable he was. For as little as $500, clients could have their test results "adapted" to suit their particular needs. In most cases, clients chose to have evidence of all drug use eliminated.

The drug war was paying off very well for Mr. Sanford who was collecting both taxpayers' money for urinalyses and money from his clients to alter the results. Probation and parole officers became suspicious after noticing that the urine they collected in their own offices would send people to prison longer than the urine collected from Adapt, Inc.

Rodney K. Sanford, 49, pled guilty to federal charges of using an interstate facility to solicit bribes to alter court-ordered drug tests while operating Adapt Inc., reported The Courier Journal in Kentucky. The indictment stated that on October 1, 1996 Sanford collected a sample from a client who was about to be sentenced in circuit court. The judge said that if the test showed the person was on illegal drugs, a prison sentence would result. The test indicated the defendant had recently used cocaine, but Sanford accepted $500 to provide negative test results, according to the indictment. A probation and parole officer began questioning the integrity of the tests performed by Adapt in 1997. Mr. Sanford is scheduled for sentencing on December 14 and faces up to 30 years in prison, apparently to replace all those urinators he helped avoid detection.

Taken from www.november.org