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County backs drug-testing legislation

Recipients of unemployment benefits and aid for needy families should be drug tested, Lincoln County commissioners said last week. . . . → Read More: County backs drug-testing legislation

Letters: Drug tests violate poor people's rights

Drug testing welfare recipients is impractical and expensive, but most importantly unconstitutional — and, frankly, undesirable. . . . → Read More: Letters: Drug tests violate poor people's rights

Letters: Drug tests violate poor people's rights

Drug testing welfare recipients is impractical and expensive, but most importantly unconstitutional — and, frankly, undesirable. . . . → Read More: Letters: Drug tests violate poor people's rights

Drug testing, community service proposed for welfare recipients

JACKSON (AP) — People who receive public assistance would be subject to random testing for drugs or nicotine and would have to perform community service under new requirements being considered by Mississippi lawmakers. . . . → Read More: Drug testing, community service proposed for welfare recipients

Board pay, employee drug testing broached at GUSD meeting

GUSTINE – Compensation for school board members and an employee drug testing program were topics of discussion at a recent special meeting of GUSD trustees – and debate on both is expected to continue when district administration returns with additional information at this month’s regular board meeting. . . . → Read More: Board pay, employee drug testing broached at GUSD meeting

Welfare Drug Testing Bill Advances In VA

Republicans advanced a bill that would require some welfare recipients to take drug tests in order to collect their benefits. . . . → Read More: Welfare Drug Testing Bill Advances In VA

Florida Welfare Drug Testing Law, Governor Rick Scott Targeted By The Daily Show

The Daily Show went after Florida's highly debated welfare drug testing law in a Thursday night segment featuring state Rep. Scott Plakon (R-Longwood) and Luis Lebron, a 35-year-old Navy veteran who successfully sued the state over the law. . . . → Read More: Florida Welfare Drug Testing Law, Governor Rick Scott Targeted By The Daily Show

Drug testing debated in negotiations over jobless benefits

Ithaca — The City of Ithaca is looking ahead to a tough budget next year, city officials have told… – 11:10 pm . . . → Read More: Drug testing debated in negotiations over jobless benefits

New York: Drug testing debated in negotiations over jobless benefits

WASHINGTON — The question of whether states should be allowed to require that people getting… . . . → Read More: New York: Drug testing debated in negotiations over jobless benefits

DOD adds Vicodin, Xanax to drug testing, offers 90-day amnesty

The Defense Department announced an expansion of its drug testing program Wednesday to include widely abused prescription medications containing hydrocodone and benzodiazepine, but it’s offering an unprecedented 90-day amnesty period for servicemembers to come clean or get treatment. . . . → Read More: DOD adds Vicodin, Xanax to drug testing, offers 90-day amnesty

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