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The illegality of Colorado’s legal marijuana could come as a surprise to a new generation of military recruits, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman fears. Smoking pot is a bar to military service, and waivers that once allowed former users to sign up are evaporating as the military cuts its rosters in response to a shrinking budget.…

MANITOWOC — Annie Short believes most Wisconsin business owners probably haven’t given a lot of thought about employees showing up for work legally stoned. “Before we legalize this, let’s really think through the complications of marijuana,” the program manager for Healthiest Manitowoc County, told this month’s Wellness Council Awareness Lunch audience. Her talk was titled,…

Not that it wasn’t predictable, but the federal government, fueled by new Monitoring the Future data collected by the University of Michigan on behalf of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is reporting a rise in the illicit use of marijuana among high school students. Shocking. Did we really believe the loosening of restrictions…

Creighton Prep will begin mandatory, random drug and alcohol testing for all students at the start of the 2014-15 school year, officials announced Wednesday. The testing will involve collecting hair — about 60 strands — from the heads of selected students and testing it for evidence of significant drinking and a variety of drugs. The…

With one of the highest traffic death rates in the Western Hemisphere, Brazil recently took a bold step by requiring all professional drivers to pass a hair drug test when they apply for license renewals every five years. Effective Jan. 1, the Brazilian federal government hopes the law will act as a powerful deterrent to…

(Reuters) – Significantly more drivers pulled over by police in Washington state are testing positive for marijuana since legalization of the drug’s recreational use took effect in January, according to figures released this week by the Washington State Patrol. In the first six months with pot legal in the state, 745 drivers stopped by police…

There is a growing epidemic in America that is taking the lives of our young people. It’s in most of our homes and it can easily be obtained from a friend or doctor. Prescription drug abuse is real problem among teens and young adults that gets bigger every year. According to an alarming report by…

SALT LAKE CITY — The DEA is warning parents about a new drug that is easily accessible to teens and is already in Utah. The street drug is known as N-BOMe, Smiles, or 25i; but no matter what it’s called, the consequences can be deadly. The drug is most commonly taken like breath strips —…

Legislation has been introduced on Capitol Hill allowing trucking companies the option of using hair testing for illegal drugs as an approved method of screening drivers. Companion bills introduced Wednesday in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to recognize hair testing as an optional…

You can smoke it, snort it and now you can get high just from touching it. Liquid meth is so potent, just a smudge on your finger can get you high. According to KHOU-TV, six girls at Texas City Middle School were caught with liquid methamphetamines. Classmates tell KHOU they were acting very strange. The…