In North Carolina, the answer generally is yes. A consensual search of the defendant's vehicle produced marijuana but no cocaine.In an attempt to find the alleged drugs, law enforcement obtained a search warrant. The search warrant was for the defendant's home and person. Are police allowed to do a strip search in public? No drugs were found. Almost 80 percent of people in jail are there for nonviolent, drug, or ordinance violations. During the second strip search, presumably in an effort to ferret out drugs, a female officer "forcibly removed" a tampon from Tarantino. Almost 80 percent of people in jail are there for nonviolent, drug, or ordinance violations. Administrators also ob- served an unusual bulge in the student's crotch area.