Researchers Find Drug Testing Doesn't Deter Student Use

Random drug testing of high school athletes does not reduce their level of self-reported drug use.

"...to researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, random drug testing of high school athletes does not reduce their..."

Oct. 28, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Feds Table New Drug Testing Guidelines

"...U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services to expand drug testing of federal employees to include sampling of hair,..."

Nov. 21, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Senator Open to Compromise on Drug Testing Bill

Targeting drugs tests for some welfare recipients

"...Sen. Jane Nelson's bid to ferret out and ban drug abusers from obtaining welfare benefits...."

March 26, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Drug Testing State Officials? Senator Says It's Only Fair

Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. asks for accountability

"...Indeed, the results of a November 2012 drug test revealed that Lucio was free and clear of..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Drug Testing State Officials?

Senator says it's only fair

"...Indeed, the results of a November 2012 drug test revealed that Lucio was free and clear of..."

April 16, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Health and Human Services: Screw Medicaid – We Need Drug Testing!

"...crippled Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program subject to drug testing in order to receive benefits. Applauded by Perry..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fighting the Drug War One Urine Sample at a Time

Texas school districts will get a total of just more than $618,000 from the U.S. Dept. of Education to establish andom student drug testing programs

"...the U.S. Dept. of Education to establish random student drug testing programs during the 2007-2008 school year, according to..."

Sept. 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

What Drug Test?

City mulling policy rewrite after EMS asst. chief eschews standard procedure

"...chief of staff did not submit to a post-collision drug and alcohol test, as members of the rank and..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Drug War Itself Is the Problem

"...isn't doing the American people any favors by denying drug policy reformers the right to free speech. The drug..."

March 2, 2004 Postmarks

Common Sense Drug Policy Needed

"...Aug. 27], if harsh penalties served to deter illicit drug use, the elusive goal of a "drug-free" America would..."

Aug. 30, 2004 Postmarks

Point Austin: Who Needs a Drug Test?

Welcome the president, but please stay hungry

"...on the wars, on health care, on education, on drug policy, on environmental and financial regulation, Obama's regime has..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Don't Drug Test Students

"...of social and health care experts when dealing with drugs? Do you really think that by subjecting our students..."

Oct. 20, 2003 Postmarks

Rocha Case: New Drug Evidence Raises Questions About County Lab

First test showed no drugs in suspect; second contradicted

"...Medical Examiner Robert Bayardo originally reported that Rocha was drug-free the night he was killed during a June 9..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin Slowly Gets the COVID-19 Testing Data It Needs

Knowledge is power

"...thing that hasn't changed enough is the availability of testing for the novel coronavirus that causes the deadly and..."

April 17, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Too Hot for Drug Tests

One man's DIY method to pass a pee test works … 'til it doesn't

"...the probation system and that I spent my mid-20s testing pharmaceuticals for money, I've taken more piss tests than..."

April 20, 2018 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Reefer Roundup: 10/30/11

Your drug war news

"...a major crime bill, a Florida judge blocking mandatory drug testing, and medi-pot patients fight back...."

Oct. 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Piss or Spit

Drug testing at ATCEMS

"...has been a disagreement over the best method for drug testing medics after auto collisions. The department adheres to..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

High School

You come in hoping to toke on a big ol' fattie, but instead you find yourself wallowing in seeds and stems – again.

"...in high school, this film is the kind of drug movie that gives pot smokers a bad name. Marijuana’s..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Leave no child untested -- for drug use, that is

"...Drug czar John Walters, head of the White House Office..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...Last year's most talked-about drug bust didn't take place in the high-volume inner-city cocaine..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

A-Roid

Steroids, baseball, whatever

"...the news that Alex Rodriguez had taken performance enhancing drugs while playing for the Texas Rangers, my reactions was,..."

Feb. 25, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Naked City

Bush pumps for drug testing, while the "noncontroversial" ads blare on

"...proposal to allocate $23 million for schools to implement drug testing programs. Bush happily noted that drug use among..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Coach's Corner

"...last week when reading the Supreme Court's decision concerning drug testing of high-school athletes...."

July 7, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"..."Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality and death."..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...1987 – Truvada is being hailed as a miracle drug. Known as a "combination therapy," two medications make up..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: We Want Your Urine

Rick Perry's latest bright idea is pissing on Texas

"...by Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, that would mandate drug testing for "welfare" recipients (i.e., those who receive Texas'..."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Reefer Roundup: 7/4/11

Your patriotic drug news roundup

"...that's unlikely to happen in the House, where Texas' Drug Warrior GOP Rep. Lamar Smith – the pride of..."

July 4, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Minority Rights v. Majority Rule

Texas documentary tour presents 'Larry v. Lockney'

"...last place you'd expect to find the ACLU's next anti-war-on-drugs champion. But there he was, in the spindly, unassuming..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...spreads, prevention best practices, where and how to seek testing, the appropriate time to call 911, go to the..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...in little cups and analyzing them to see whether drugs were present...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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