A federal judge in Michigan on Friday upheld Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s dismissal of an employee for testing positive for marijuana, even though he was using the drug under the state’s medical marijuana law. Judge Robert Jonker wrote that while the state law was meant to provide some limited protection for medical marijuana users from state…

Now that the smoke has cleared, the state of Montana voted Thursday to repeal the state’s six year old medical marijuana law. According to Montana’s House Speaker Mike Milburn, “we were duped” and “the law has been a pretext for encouraging recreational use and creating a path to full legalization of marijuana.” www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-medical-marijuana-letter-20110212,0,6900633.story

The “bath salts,” marketed under such names as Blue Majic, Blue Silk, Ivory Snow, Vanilla Sky, Purple Wave, Hurricane Charlie and White Dove, are showing up at several of the same shops that previously sold synthetic cannabinoid products, such as K2 and Spice. One year ago, Kansas banned the synthetic marijuana-like substance K2. The herbal-like…

Three workers from a high-profile Chrysler plant that makes a crucial new Jeep model were arrested recently for alleged drug use during the workday, the company and police said. The arrests marked the second time that Chrysler workers have been caught drinking or using drugs at the Jefferson North assembly plant in the past six…

A recent bust at a mid-state middle school is shedding light on the growing problem of prescription drug abuse among teens. Seven students at Stewarts Creek Middle School were expelled after a teacher caught them with prescription pills on campus. Rutherford County school officials sayidthey have a strict zero tolerance policy. http://www.newschannel5.com/story/13962869/middle-school-students-expelled-for-prescription-drugs

CHARLESTON — Advancing to a new and ever-changing front in the war on drugs, lawmakers agreed Wednesday to outlaw fake marijuana and cocaine, while arming the Board of Pharmacy with more power to deal with any new synthetic drugs. http://www.register-herald.com/local/x570479393/Lawmakers-wage-war-on-fake-marijuana-cocaine

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) – Livingston ISD officials are looking into reports that a student was giving away prescription drugs on the school bus. The bus was full of fourth and fifth graders. http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=13958931

HOUSTON — From city workers to nurses to school bus drivers, many private and public entities require employees to pass a drug test before being hired. Yet, Local 2 Investigates has uncovered a loophole in the law that gives people access to a way to fake the results of a drug test. http://www.click2houston.com/news/26718074/detail.html

GREENSBURG, Pa. — State police say the man who headed the maintenance department at a school district was also a “major drug trafficker” who supplied cocaine and heroin to lower-level dealers throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/28/police-pennsylvania-school-employee-major-drug-trafficker/

But the little packets of powder, with names like “Ivory Wave” and “Vanilla Sky,” were never intended for the tub, and they’re not among the fragrant samples in the bath and body shop at the local mall. The “bath salts,” are powerful synthetic stimulants, designed to be comparable to cocaine or methamphetamine, and with similar…