From the monthly archives: April 2011
Livingston County is taking a new approach to keeping kids away from drugs. The Sheriff’s Department used drug-forfeiture money to buy around 1,400 drug testing kits, which the police are offering for free to parents interested in testing their children, according to a feature on Livingston Daily.
The kits will test for marijuana, [...]
The Olentangy Local School District was one of the first in central Ohio to conduct random drug tests to students. Fifteen years later, budgetary limitations and doubts on the effectiveness of the program has led to the school district’s decision to stop the program starting next school year.
In Hawaii, there is a significant increase in the number of workers and job applicants testing positive for marijuana and cocaine.
A feature on Star Advertiser shared a report released by Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc. that revealed the increase in marijuana and cocaine use among workers and applicants.
Marijuana use among workers and [...]
Police agencies in Brevard have obtained warrants that authorize them to forcibly draw blood from select drivers under suspicion of driving under the influence. The legality of this practice that has run 7 years is now being challenged. The Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach will hear arguments on whether or not this [...]
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that police must secure a search warrant before they can employ a drug-sniffing dog at the front door of a home. The court said police officers violated the homeowner’s right to privacy when they went to a Miami-Dade home in 2006 with a drug-detecting dog without a warrant.
Detectives [...]
The validity of drug and alcohol test results by the Indiana State Department of Toxicology is in question, after an audit of the lab’s results from 2007 through 2009 revealed problems with at least 200 of the marijuana test results.
According to a report on Evansville Courier and Press, handling of [...]
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