[The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled a man forced by police to drink liquid laxative to expel a swallowed bag of heroin was unreasonably searched. The appeals court found police did not consider the risk of breaking the plastic bag holding the heroin, triggering an overdose.]
How does drinking liquid laxative increase the risk of breaking the swallowed plastic bag?
Just the opposite should be true. The longer the bag is inside the body, the greater the risk of deterioration from stomach acid and eventual breakage.
Docs?
Surely you've had diarrhea cramps, what do you think causes the pain - it's the colon wrestling with its contents trying to expel the offending mass along with its attendant gas.