Drug Testing

A Missouri technical college's bid to drug test students for "public safety" reasons was largely slapped down by a federal district court judge Friday.

North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature has overriden the Republican governor's veto of a welfare drug testing bill.

The ACLU of Illinois has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Chicago Housing Authority seeking to block mandatory, suspicionless drug testing of mixed-income housing residents.

A "for cause" welfare drug testing bill has passed the North Carolina legislature and now awaits the governor's signature.

The Michigan House has passed a suspicion-based welfare drug testing bill that would set up a pilot program in three counties. The measure now moves to the state Senate.

Utah is finding there's not much there there when it comes to drug-abusing welfare applicants, and it's paying good money to do so.

The North Carolina legislature is about to pass a welfare drug testing bill. At least they took out the part where county employees had to tell people they wouldn't be tested if they didn't apply for benefits.

Oklahoma's welfare drug testing program has come a cropper in terms of saving money for the state, with only 2.2% of applicants being denied for failing drug tests or refusing to take them.

An amendment to allow limited hemp production passed the House, but the Farm Bill it was attached to was surprisingly defeated. On the upside, that also killed an amendment that would have let states drug test food stamp recipients.

Texas will start requiring some applicants for unemployment benefits to pass a drug test after Gov. Perry signed a bill into law last Friday.