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4 hrs ago | Business Journal

Bill to require drug tests for unemployment benefits passes Texas Senate

A Texas Senate bill that would make drug screening or testing a condition for receiving unemployment compensation benefits by certain individuals passed favorably out of the House this week.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Flower Mound, TX

6 hrs ago | MotherJones

Obama's Drug Czar Cites Useless Stat to Dismiss Legalizing Pot

Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy , dismissed calls for pot legalization on Thursday, citing a recent study by his agency to claim that marijuana is the drug most commonly linked to crime.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Urban Institute, Technical Services

9 hrs ago | KVUE.com

Guns, drug testing, budget limbo mark busy final week of session

"I had had so little sleep in the preceding two nights that when I got dressed, I don't know how, but I noticed when I got to work that my shoes didn't match," state Rep.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

13 hrs ago | KOB-TV

Corrections officer fired over medical marijuana use

A Bernalillo corrections officer said he was fired after he tested positive for marijuana.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Bernalillo County, NM

17 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Lil Scrappy headed for rehab: 'Love & Hip Hop Atlanta' star fails drug test

"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" star Lil' Scrappy is headed to court ordered rehab . Mstarz reported on May 22 that Lil' Scrappy's most recent drug test came up positive for marijuana .

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Thu May 23, 2013

Bradenton.com

Drug/DUI court ceremony honors Manatee, Sarasota graduates

For many convicted drug offenders, drug court may seem like a challenge, but it has been a life-changing opportunity for this year's graduates.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Sarasota, FL, Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

Examiner.com

Arizona Cardinals safety Tyrann Mathieu enters NFL drug-testing program

Tyrann Mathieu signed a four year contract with the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Star Tribune

Dakota County judge Michael Sovis pleads guilty to DWI, seeks disability retirement

Dakota County District Judge Michael Sovis pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving drunk in St.

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Related Topix: Dakota County, MN, US Governors, Mark Dayton

KYTX-TV News

Approved bill would drug test some unemployment benefit applicants

The man who helped rescue three kidnapped women in Ohio will enjoy free burgers for the rest of his life! More than a dozen restaurants in the Cleveland area have pledged to give Charles Ramsey The man who helped rescue three kidnapped women in Ohio will enjoy free burgers for the rest of his life! More than a dozen restaurants in the Cleveland ... (more)

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Related Topix: Ohio, X360, Microsoft Xbox, Video Games, Healthcare Law, Law

CBS Local

Approved Bill Would Drug Test Some Unemployment Benefit Applicants

Senate Bill 21 would require first-time unemployment benefit applicants, who work in occupations that already require drug tests, to undergo screening.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Texas Workforce Commission, Human Resources

The East Hampton Star

'Sometimes You Can't Make It Up'

A New Hampshire man may end up spending time in jail if drug and driving while intoxicated allegations made by the East Hampton Town Police prove true.

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Related Topix: Drugs, East Hampton, NY, Springs, NY, Wainscott, NY

KELO-TV Sioux Falls

SF Mother Back In Court For Positive Drug Test

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Related Topix: Drugs

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Abuse of painkiller drugs is an epidemic in the U.S.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the total number of painkillers prescribed in a single year could medicate every adult living in the U.S. around the clock.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic)

NJ.com

Bangor Area School Board signs off on random employee drug testing policy

The Bangor Area School Board tonight approved a random drug testing policy for all of its employees, but it won't go into effect unless the teachers union agrees to it.

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Related Topix: Bangor, PA

The Otago Daily Times

Drug tests for KiwiRail workers

KiwiRail has started random drug and alcohol testing for employees after a worker who failed to check his co-workers were off the track before a passenger train passed by and nearly hit them was found to be a regular cannabis user.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Marijuana

Boston Herald

Annie Dookhan-sprung drug defendant caught in bust

A convicted Dookhan-defendant coke pusher - sprung in the state drug-lab scandal last October and relieved of his GPS monitoring bracelet a month later - made a tearful but futile plea for another break yesterday after he was indicted in Tuesday's "H-block" drug bust.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Opinion

Wed May 22, 2013

Austin American-Statesman

Drug testing approved for jobless aid, but not welfare applicants

Hours after a barrage of Democratic delaying tactics scuttled a drug-testing program for welfare recipients, Texas House Republicans grabbed a consolation prize Wednesday, approving a similar program for some Texans who apply for unemployment benefits.

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Related Topix: Texas

ABC News

Six charged in Gold Coast drug bust

Detectives from the Gold Coast Major and Organised Crime Squad say they have seized drugs worth an estimated $60,000 at the culmination of a six-month investigation.

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AlertNet

Texas lawmakers OK drug tests for some unemployment applicants

Texas came a step closer to requiring some applicants for unemployment benefits to first undergo drug testing, when lawmakers gave final approval to a Republican-backed bill mandating such checks on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors

WPBF

Judge: Polo mogul must remain on house arrest

During a hearing last week, Goodman's attorney asked that his client's bond be reinstated to the same release conditions he had before his DUI manslaughter conviction last year.

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Related Topix: Palm Beach County, FL