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As much as officials agree a danger lurks in bath salts and synthetic marijuana, they do not believe those types of “legal highs” are widely used in this region. While synthetic marijuana has been around for a while, bath salts are relatively new on the scene. Both can be easily obtained locally. “I know it’s…

Arizonans getting certain welfare benefits would be subject to random drug testing under the terms of legislation approved Tuesday night by the Senate Appropriations Committee. http://www.yumasun.com/news/antenori-67887-benefits-testing.html

Private companies like Wal-Mart can fire Michigan employees who fail drug tests even though the state’s medical marijuana law might protect them from criminal prosecution, a federal judge in Grand Rapids, Mich., ruled. http://www.necn.com/02/15/11/Man-pleads-in-medical-marijuana-patients/landing_health.html?&blockID=3&apID=3f8e40f4ac364c89a4412e63fed33205

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Employers requiring the staff to undergo a drug test is not a new concept in America. The issue is not controversial and has become an accepted way of life for wage earners. In contrast, bills requiring welfare recipients to take a drug test to continue receiving a check at tax payer expense have become hotly…

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