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

Hawaii Teachers Defeat Random Drug Testing

The Hawaii teachers' union has finally, definitively fended off state demands that it accept random suspicionless drug testing of teachers.
photo courtesy Bruce Reith, South West Michigan Compassion Club
photo courtesy Bruce Reith, South West Michigan Compassion Club

Michigan Medical Marijuana Protest Draws 1,000+

After a state appeals court effectively shut down dispensaries in Michigan, medical marijuana patients rallied in large numbers in Lansing, the state capital.
No mandatory random drug tests for Illini Bluff teachers, but they have to pass one drug test first. (Image: ISBD 327)
No mandatory random drug tests for Illini Bluff teachers, but they have to pass one drug test first. (Image: ISBD 327)

llinois School District Teachers Settle Drug Testing Strike

Illini Bluff school teachers managed to fend off random drug testing for themselves, if not their successors, but still submitted to one drug test to get back to work.
Citing fear of the feds, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee continues to block dispenary licensing. (image via Wikimedia)
Citing fear of the feds, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee continues to block dispenary licensing. (image via Wikimedia)

Rhode Island Docs Tell Governor to Okay Marijuana Dispensaries

The Rhode Island Medical Society is calling on Gov. Chafee to quick blocking the licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries, but he doesn't appear to be ready yet.
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Few Florida Welfare Applicants Fail Drug Tests So Far

Florida Gov. Rick Scott claimed he could save the state money by making welfare applicants and recipients pass drug tests. He assumed they were a bunch of addicts, but early results are proving him wrong.
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