A joke gone too far? Some police departments are offering to 'test' meth for coronavirus. Not everybody is laughing

Law enforcement agencies across the nation are jokingly encouraging meth users to bring their drugs in so they can be tested for coronavirus.

Law enforcement agencies across the nation are jokingly encouraging meth users to bring their drugs in for testing for the new coronavirus.

"Being that a large amount of narcotics come from outside the U.S., we want you safe," the Tavares Police Department in Florida wrote."Bring it by our station and we will test your batch within minutes!" Some people wanted to know how many people were caught with the post — it is unclear if any of the posts actually led to arrests — while others took issue with the police department making a joke out of both addiction and a virus that is tanking the stock market.

"It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads," the CDC reported.

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