Texas Senate Approves Unemployment Applicant Drug Tests

Published April 29, 2013

Texas Senate approves unemployment applicant drug tests

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Kirk Watson, D-Austin, offered an amendment clarifying that if an applicant enrolls in a drug treatment program within seven days of a positive test, he or she would continue to receive benefits. Applicants also would have 10 days to request a retest …
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Prescription drug abuse up among US teens

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"We know that kids who start abusing when they are very young are much more likely to have an addiction problem as adults," he said. "So, parents need to intervene. They need to control supply and demand by locking up their medicine cabinets and …
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Florida 'Bong Ban' Passes, Doesn't Really Ban Bongs All That Much

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… Subcommittee on Immigration & Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary," House of Representatives, 150th congress. United States Government Printing, January 1998; Monte Paulsen, "Fatal Error: The Pentagon's War on Drugs Takes a Toll on the …
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