Key Issues:
1. Failure to Follow SAMSHA Federal Guidelines:
The non-compliance of Social Workers in and around Linn/ Jones Counties and their misconstrued 
meanings to stringent cut off levels is detrimental to all those involved. The stringent markers and use of 
“present" noted by CRL, the lab responsible for analysis of PharmChek sweat patches, does not align to
Federal Guidelines which SAMSHA proposed in the 2004 Federal Register to confirm a true positive.
Furthermore, the cutoff criteria is ignored by those Social Workers responsible for distributing and 
reporting the results to custodians and court system. These mandates are designed to ensure the 
accuracy and reliability of results and eliminate doubts. This non-compliance has led to flawed results 
being falsely reported as a positive test result and furthermore dictate life-changing decision-making 
processes. Similarly, the disregard to hair stat results which lack presence of metabolites and its 
interpretations.
2. Misguided interpretation and Misconstrued Drug Test Results:
Several of my drug test results were inaccurately reported due to HHS Social Workers negligently not 
following HHS Drug Testing Policies which instructs that criteria for reporting positive tests will be set by 
SAMSHA. Included in the gross negligence is Social Workers; Heather Lantz, Kendall Hostetler, Shay 
Helgens, Jones County Attorney's; Kristofer Lyons & Sara Smith and Judge Black. All whom have, due to 
self-serving bias, ruled out the of possibility of environmental exposure and/or other possibilities
unknown as result of minimal studies. Instead have wrongfully labeled as ingestion/true positive, recent 
use. Similarly, accusing parents that a positive result of ONLY parent drug indicates ingestion is not 
accurate in the case of methamphetamine, cocaine etc. The inability for them to distinguish between 
these possibilities represents a significant failure in understanding or implementing proper protocols and 
abide by HHS Drug Testing Policy which states their commitment to do so.
Ex: SAMSHA cutoff levels to indicate a true positive for methamphetamine is 25 ng methamphetamine in 
addition to its metabolite 10 ng amphetamine. -Federal Register 2004
The FDA cleared this device as 96% reliable using cut off levels of 10ng methamphetamine in addition to 
10ng amphetamine.
Both parent drug and metabolite are mandatory to be PRESENT at the LOQ/10ng to be considered a 
TRUE positive a.k.a to properly detect what the device was intended for (ingestion). -info from 
PharmChek Technical Guide 2024
3. Negligence by HHS Resulting in Family Separation:
The negligence in handling and misconstruing these results has directly contributed to the unjust 
separation of my son from his entire family, continues to obstruct reunification due to local HHS 
erroneous “rule" that three consistent negative patches are mandatory to progress in case. This impact 
extends beyond my personal situation, as these flawed practices have affected countless families, 
causing emotional and psychological distress from temporary separations to the unthinkable 

My son was incorrectly informed and told by his father “Your mom is doing drugs and not getting better". 
Which left a child to internalize drugs as priority to him.
This resulted in me prematurely ending drug testing all- together to prevent further mental harm for my 
son, my daughter and our family.
All those involved “in system" concluded that two sweat patches during the same duration in which 20 
negative UA and one negative hair stat were produced. Against my declaration, my counselors 
professional opinion, psychological evaluations indicating low risk, Families First, close family and friends 
to me etc . The systems negligence to seek error when this occurrence amongst those in Child Welfare 
exemplifies the self-serving bias and discriminatory attitudes of those who are to promote family 
preservation insteaof promotes the use of known deterrents that complicate the outcome.
4. Systemic Failures and Broader Impact:
The improper use of drug testing data by HHS has systematically affected families, violating their
Constitutional Rights and undermining the integrity of the reunification processes. Families are being 
torn apart, severed based on unreliable or misconstrued data, with life-long psychological and physical 
consequences for parents and children alike.
Furthermore, misguided positive results successfully made it’s way to the Supreme Court's and the 8th
Circuit adapting the sweat patch as “generally reliable". While an accurate statement, it is ONLY when 
results are appropriately guided /produced by adhering to the SAMSHA Federal Criteria. Failing to 
address the issue in which brought so many appeals before them.
The stringent test markers on CRL lab results do NOT depict an accurate result when indicating a non�quantitate value such as “present". FDA and SAMSHA demand metabolites have an indicative
quantitate value in which merely stating “present” cannot illicit.