Real Soap

So, I'm fascinated by this story. Apparently, the drummer of a punk band was arrested after a bottle of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap tested postive for GHB (the date rape drug). It turns out that the drug test had given a false positive and would do so for any all-natural organic soap. All charges were dismissed, obviously.

The part that's got me fascinated, though, is the in-depth discussion of soap. I had no idea that the organic soap that we use at home still has petroleum in it. Call me a hippie, but I kind of want to get some of this or some Tom's to see what the difference is.

clipped from www.drbronner.com “Our testing shows that real soaps which are made using the ecological time-honored process of saponification of vegetable oil will always test positive for GHB, while complicated synthetic detergent-based so-called ‘liquid soaps’ test negative,” said David Bronner. “The NarcoPouch® 928 is a great test for determining if a product labeled ‘Soap’ actually contains real soap or not. It’s ironic that the flawed GHB field test used by cops shows in a graphic immediate way true versus fake soaps. Fortunately for Don Bolles, the much more accurate confirmation drug-testing by the Orange County crime lab proved our soap did not contain the drug GHB.”