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No school in Glaston, Illinois, this week. Teachers struck rather than submit to random drug tests. (Image: IBSD 327)

IL School District Teachers Strike Over Drug Testing

An Illinois school board demands that teachers submit to mandatory random drug testing even as it concedes there is no need for it. As a result, instead of teachers welcoming students to school this week, they're hitting the picket line.

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Portland, ME, Marijuana Initiative Diesâ¦ For Now

A municipal initiative to make marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority has come up just short in Portland, Maine.

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A Perfect Exhibit in the Inevitable Collapse of the War on Marijuana

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In case you missed it, PBS’s recent program Pot Republic has some of the best footage of the various marijuana specials that have been popping up on TV. It provides a poignant look at the evolving relationship between marijuana professionals and local law enforcement, juxtaposed against the cynical efforts of federal officials to destroy those collaborations in a desperate quest to delegitimize the industry and maintain their draconian drug war powers. In other words, it’s interesting stuff.

Poor Alabamians who use drugs would be ineligible for Medicaid under a proposed law. (image via Wikimedia)

Alabama Bill Would Drug Test Medicaid Recipients

A proposed Alabama law would require Medicaid beneficiaries to take random suspicionless drug tests -- and pay for them -- and would throw them off the rolls for at least a year if they test positive.

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Majority in Colorado Poll Want Marijuana Legalized

A new poll has Coloradans voicing majority support for marijuana legalization, but just barely.

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Greek Government Proposes Drug Decriminalization

The Greek government has submitted a bill that would decriminalize drug possession in most circumstances and provide for drug treatment instead of jail for addicts.