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Hawaii teachers won't have to provide these to keep their jobs. (image via wikimedia.org)
Hawaii teachers won't have to provide these to keep their jobs. (image via wikimedia.org)

Hawaii Teachers Fend Off Random Drug Testing

After more than three years of controversy and challenges, the state of Hawaii has given up on trying to impose random, suspicionless drug testing on teachers.
There will be no drug testing of residents at Lake Parc Place or any other CHA properties. (Image courtesy CHA)
There will be no drug testing of residents at Lake Parc Place or any other CHA properties. (Image courtesy CHA)

CHA Drops Plan to Drug Test Public Housing Residents

The Chicago Housing Authority's proposal to require suspicionless drug tests for public housing residents excited lots of opposition. Now it's dead.
Taking prescribed Adderall, Oxycontin, or Vicodin? No problem. But medical marijuana can get you fired. (Image via Wikimedia.org
Taking prescribed Adderall, Oxycontin, or Vicodin? No problem. But medical marijuana can get you fired. (Image via Wikimedia.org

No Job Protection for WA Medical Marijuana Patients, Court Rules

Your employer can fire you for a drug test result positive for pot even if you have a valid medical marijuana recommendation, the Washington Supreme Court has held.
Lake Parc Place residents let CHA CEO Lewis Jordan know what they thought of his bright idea. (Image courtesy CHA)
Lake Parc Place residents let CHA CEO Lewis Jordan know what they thought of his bright idea. (Image courtesy CHA)

CHA Gets Angry Earful Over Drug Testing Proposal

New Chicago Housing Authority CEO Lewis Jordan has floated a plan to require drug testing of all adult residents. Thursday night, he got a taste of what residents think of his bright idea.
Florida state workers, be prepared to submit one of these if Gov. Scott has his way. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Florida state workers, be prepared to submit one of these if Gov. Scott has his way. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

ACLU Sues Florida Governor on State Employee Drug Tests [FEATURE]

Florida's Republican Gov. Rick Scott thinks he can make state employees pee in a cup for him with the stroke of a pen. The ACLU of Florida disagrees and is suing him in federal court.