Southeast Asia: Indonesia to Treat Drug Users, Not Jail Them
In a memo to judges, Indonesia's Supreme Court has ordered them to send small-time drug users and possessors to treatment instead of prison.
Drug Testing
Feature: Bills to Require Drug Testing for Welfare, Unemployment Pop Up Around the Country
Faced with economic crises, fiscal shortfalls, and growing welfare and unemployment rolls, some state legislators are proposing a really bad idea: drug testing welfare and/or unemployment recipients. But there is a broad array of organizations lined up against them. Oh, and there's that pesky Constitution, too.
Drug Testing: Chess Federation Caves, Ivanchuk Will Not Be Suspended
Faced with anger and ridicule over its drug testing policies, the World Chess Federation decided it didn't want to punish one of game's most popular figures for missing a drug test after all.
Southeast Asia: Philippines President Names Herself Drug Czar, Orders Random Testing of All High School Students, More to Come
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has named herself drug czar, declared war on drug traffickers, and started off by ordering the random drug testing of high school students. But she's just beginning.
Drug Testing: Chess Players Rebel
Drug testing in chess? You've got to be kidding. That's what the players think, but the chess federation is dead serious, and now it finds itself in something of a pickle.
Drug Testing: Federal Judge Rejects West Virginia School Board's Random Tests of Teachers
West Virginia's Kanawha County school board wanted to subject teachers to random, suspicionless drug testing, but a little thing called the US Constitution got in the way.
Student Drug Testing: ACLU Sues Northern California High School Over New Expanded Policy
The ACLU's Northern California affiliate has filed a lawsuit challenging the Shasta County school district's newly-expanded student drug testing policy.
Feature: West Virginia School Board's Random Teacher Drug Testing Plan Headed for Court
The Kanawha, West Virginia, school board wants to randomly drug test teachers. But that's stretching the law, and neither the teachers' unions nor the ACLU are going to let it happen without a fight.
Southeast Asia: Philippines Supreme Court Upholds Drug Testing for Students, Workers, But Not Political Candidates or Criminal Defendants
The Philippines Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of random, suspicionless drug testing. It's fine for students and workers, but not for politicians or criminal defendants, the court held.
Drug Testing: Coal Miner Unions, Owners Balk at Proposed Federal Rules, But for Different Reasons
Will federally-mandated drug testing come to the coal fields? The Mine Health and Safety Administration wants it to, but workers' unions say it is unnecessary and unconstitutional.