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Beyond Print: Drug Control
11/29/2011 - Medical marijuana law does not apply to private employers and does not protect employees from being fired for drug use, according to a ruling by the Washington Supreme Court. One judge dissented, arguing that the law should be rewritten.
Daily Headline : Drug Control
10/28/2011 - The demand for drugs in America is growing, and particularly among young people, the rate of drug use has increased, according to the United States Department of Justice's annual National Drug Threat Assessment.
Beyond Print: Drug Control
10/28/2011 - Prison officials are protected from liability for using technology to search visitors for drugs. In the case, a prison facility scanned visitors for drugs using a portable ion scanning machine. Individuals who were screened argued that the scan violated their Fourth Amendment rights but the appellate court disagreed, ruling that the machine was not intrusive.
Daily Headline : Drug Control
10/27/2011 - Documents show security gaps in anthrax lab. The Guam Department of Corrections' drug testing policy is called into question after an officer fails a drug test. And the TSA raunchy note writer is identified.
Daily Headline : Drug Control
10/04/2011 - The global war on drugs is a failure, according to a recent report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
International: Drug Control
09/29/2011 - The global war on drugs is a failure, according to a recent report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
Beyond Print: Drug Control
09/29/2011 - The Global Commission on Drug Policy’s recent report says the war on drugs has failed. Read why they think so and what they recommend.
Intelligence: Drug Control
09/29/2011 - What makes drug counterfeiting particularly challenging is that it can be difficult for consumers to figure out whether a pill or medication is the real thing.
Beyond Print: Drug Control
08/30/2011 - A federal appeals court has ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not stipulate how long a drug user must undergo rehabilitation before being protected by the act, but an employee is not protected by the ADA if the drug use is sufficiently recent that the employer can reasonably believe drug abuse is still an issue.
Daily Headline : Drug Control
07/15/2011 - The flow of marijuana from Mexico to the U.S. remains steady even after cartel bosses are killed or captured.
Daily Headline : Drug Control
06/30/2011 - More Heroin being seized at the Southwest border. U.S. says Iran is still backing the insurgency in Iraq. And TSA is baffled at how a man was able to crisscross the country with fake boarding passes.
Daily Headline : Drug Control
06/17/2011 - Experts’ concerns about the increased use of child soldiers by Mexican drug cartels were affirmed Wednesday after a bloody confrontation between members of Los Zetas and Jalisco State Police at a cartel training camp resulted in the arrest of 10 members, five of which were in their teens. There also appear to be more female members.
Beyond Print: Drug Control
11/30/2010 - The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling that would have allowed able-bodied employees to use provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act to challenge a company’s drug testing policy (.pdf). The company wanted to see if drug use was leading to its high accident rate.
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