Sage Wisdom

A Broward County, Florida, sheriff's deputy spotted Robin Brown when she was bird watching one day. He thought that the sage she had with her was marijuana, and a field test seemed to confirm that. He didn't arrest her then, but confiscated the sage and sent it to the crime lab for testing. Unfortunately for Brown, Assistant State Attorney Mark Brown didn't wait for the sage to be tested before getting a warrant issued for her arrest. A deputy showed up at her place of work and took her away in handcuffs to jail, where she was subjected to a body-cavity search. It was a month later before her attorney found the sage had never been tested. The test confirmed it was not marijuana, and the state dropped all charges.