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OPINION: Some mothers haunted over pregnancy drug use
Tulsa WorldOn this Mother's Day, all across Oklahoma, mothers and their children will enjoy time together, telephone visits, cards and gifts that reflect the close bonds between them. But for thousands of Oklahoma mothers, that won't be the case. These mothers,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Prosecution, Judges, Child Abuse
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Lance Armstrong PED scandal still looms over cycling
San Jose Mercury NewsThe shadow of Lance Armstrong looms large as the Amgen Tour of California starts its weeklong run Sunday in Escondido. Cycling has reached a crossroads with its first big event in the United States since Armstrong acknowledged in January that he used...Tags: Tour of California, Tyler Hamilton, Marketing, Garmin Ltd., David Zabriskie
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EDITORIAL: Testing welfare recipients for drugs wastes time, money
Knoxville News SentinelPam McMichael, executive director of the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, noted recently that the state's attempt to have applicants for welfare benefits tested for drug use was an extension of "an already unsuccessful war on drugs....Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Interior Policy, Recreational Substance Use
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BRIEF: Alcohol and drug use suspected in crash that killed driver
Norwalk Reflector, OhioThe Elyria post of the state Highway Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle traffic fatality that occurred at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday on Albrecht Road west of West Ridge Road in Lorain County's Elyria Township. Michael P Lazorcak, 47, of Elyria, was...Tags: West Ridge, Recreational Substance Use, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Random testing can send students a harmful message
There is no place for drugs in school, and Lake Highland Preparatory, as a private school, has every legal right to subject its students to random drug testing. Although courts have held that random drug testing in public schools violates the Fourth...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Media, Separation of Church and State, Politics
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Gov. Tom Corbett says failed drug tests keeping people from working
Capitol IdeasYo! Gov. Tom Corbett is catching a ton of flak across the state and nation for saying employers are having trouble finding qualified workers because so many fail drug tests. But is Corbett wrong? Democrats think he is – but...... -
Maryland families to get new tool in fight against drug overdoses
Linda Fletcher lives in fear of reliving a nightmare: a son dying from a heroin overdose. Her son Kris Klipner succumbed to the drug in 2007. He was 28. Klipner's half-brother battles the same kind of depression as Kris. He suffers the same heroin...
Tags: Health, Politics, Family, Heroin, Pain
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Our take: Good medicine
Good medicine Despite advances in life-prolonging therapies, screening, and greater awareness, Florida still ranks among the leading states for new HIV infections. And with about 17 percent of Florida's HIV cases linked to the sharing of...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Recreational Substance Use, Lifestyle and Leisure, HIV
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Lake Highland fights drugs with tests
Most schools have a drug problem, and private schools are no different. Private schools often get a worse rap because kids with money can buy the really potent stuff. Lake Highland Preparatory isn't being specific about student drug use other than...
Tags: Schools, Public Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning, Recreational Substance Use
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Lake Highland Prep will drug-test students
Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando plans to begin drug-testing all of its students in grades seven through 12 in the fall, school officials have told parents. "We're convinced this will give us a safer, drug-free environment," said school...
Tags: Heroin, Education, Teaching and Learning, Recreational Substance Use, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Corbett says drug use costing jobs
HARRISBURG — When Gov. Tom Corbett took office in 2010, he inherited a $4 billion deficit that he plugged with massive cuts to public schools, universities and human services programs while leaving the prisons budget untouched and not raising taxes....
Tags: Bill Clinton, Employment, Politics, Muhlenberg College, Tom Corbett
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It's a problem
Gov. Tom Corbett is right to point out that drugs are hurting people's ability to find good jobs. On Monday Corbett commented about too many Pennsylvanians being unemployed because they cannot pass a drug test. Democrats have criticized his comment....Tags: Politics, Tom Corbett, Executive Branch, Recreational Substance Use, Government
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