On AlterNet: drug testing

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Where do the GOP Candidates Stand on Drug Policy? Why Now is the Time to Know

Ryan Devereaux, The Guardian. January 25, 2012.

The battle for the Republican nomination has moved to Florida, which also happens to be a key battleground in an entirely different fight: the $15bn war on drugs.

Drug Test Protestors Send Urine Sample to Florida Governor

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. April 5, 2011.

The Committee for the Positive Insistence on a Sane Society (PISS) said it was sending the urine sample to Scott to peacefully protest against his drug testing policy.

Children, Budgets Suffer from Drug Testing the Poor

Grant Smith, AlterNet. March 24, 2011.

Legislation is pending in over a dozen state legislatures and the U.S. Congress that would deny help with food and housing or unemployment to recipients who fail a drug test.

Yikes -- First State Considers Allowing Cops to Conduct Roadside Drug Tests

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. September 16, 2010.

Michigan could become the first state in the nation to drug test drivers if a Republican lawmaker has his way, even though research shows tests generate false positives.

Gulf Clean Up Workers Subjected to Drug Tests and Immigration Raids

Mac McClelland, Mother Jones. June 10, 2010.

Is this new disaster response protocol?

Why I'm Standing Up Against Random Drug Testing at My High School

Allie Brody, AlterNet. April 14, 2009.

"It should be common sense that scaring students won't help them any to make smarter decisions."

Drug Tests for Unemployment Checks? Just Cheap Political Theater

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. March 22, 2009.

As the money crunch punishes states coffers, legislators are callously pushing drug testing for welfare and unemployment recipients.

7 Reasons Parents Should Not Test Kids for Drug Use

Lindsay Lyon, U.S. News & World Report. August 7, 2008.

Why experts say drug testing should be left to the professionals.

The Futility of Random Drug Testing

Marsha Rosenbaum, AlterNet. May 10, 2007.

School-based drug testing is costly, counterproductive and violates basic American values.

Help Wanted: Human Guinea Pigs

Betsy Model, The Internationalist. May 9, 2007.

If you've ever wondered why we so rarely hear of drug trials going awry in the United States, it is because we "offshore" the drug trials to developing nations who can't afford to say no.