New report: Mandatory drug testing of Work First applicants would be a big mistake
RALEIGH (April 22, 2013) — North Carolina lawmakers are currently pursuing legislation that would require mandatory drug testing of all Work First applicants and recipients. Such actions would be costly, likely illegal, and ineffective at identifying …
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Lindsay Lohan gives interview to Piers Morgan: 'I've never been a huge drinker'
Read on for Lohan's side of the story when it comes to drinking, drugs and (mandatory) rehab. Lohan on: 1.) Her Parents. Lohan keeps her party line about her dysfunctional family — that her dad is a mess, but she still remains close with her mom. In …
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All hospitals should require drug, alcohol tests for physicians – Medical Xpress
Pham, Pronovost and Skipper note that "mandatory alcohol-drug testing for clinicians involved with unexpected deaths or sentinel events is not conducted in medicine," even though physicians are as susceptible to alcohol, narcotic and sedative addiction …
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All hospitals should require drug, alcohol tests for physicians
Pham, Pronovost and Skipper note that "mandatory alcohol-drug testing for clinicians involved with unexpected deaths or sentinel events is not conducted in medicine," even though physicians are as susceptible to alcohol, narcotic and sedative addiction …
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Tyrann Mathieu insists LSU tried to help him with drug problem
"LSU has a strong drug testing program and LSU went to great lengths to help me in my treatment and recovery. I understand that many people enjoy reading about the negative side of sports, but to publish those second-hand comments without being given a …
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Yankees' Rodriguez Tied to Clinic Records Purchase
The assertions about Rodriguez's activities were conveyed to baseball officials through investigators who have been in Florida since last summer as they try to establish if the clinic was providing performance-enhancing drugs to major leaguers …
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Question by Biking in 209: What kind of drug test shows a positive test for heroin/methadone?
My ex-wife is a heroin addict who is in methadone “treatment”. She is coming after my children that I have had 75% custody of since the seperation. She has told the court that she is in treatment, but family and friends state that she is currenty back on heroin and maybe abusing her methadone. My problem is that the county court’s drug test is a hair test and only shows up “opiates”. My lawyer is convinced that no other test will work. I am desperate to find a test that will either show heroin and methadone seperate, or will show she’s abusing her doses. This woman walked out of her family’s life and five years later has no job, income, and has another child out of wedlock. I have three children that are scared to death to be with her, and when they do, they always come back emotionally scarred. Please help! Thanks

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Answer by A***n G
I believe a urine test will work, call a clinic and ask

you may want to stress that meth is a dependant drug when you go before the courts.

I went through this with my ex, it is not an easy route, I wish you plenty of luck

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TreatmentUSA.com Expands Its Referral Services to Assist Families With Finding …
We are extremely happy that we have been able to reach out to network with drug rehab facilities that accept TriCare insurance to help the families and their loved ones get the help they need.” Treatment USA is a free addiction treatment referral …
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Magistrates preferring suspended sentences to ordering real prison time
Victoria and Queensland are the only states without a conditional form of suspended sentence attaching requirements for supervision and conditions such as community work, rehabilitation programs or drug testing. Magistrates can suspend all or part of …
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Whanganui Prison meets govt standards
Quarterly prison performance tables, released for the first time last week, grade the country's 17 prisons on factors, like security, assaults, drug tests and rehabilitation programmes. Each prison is given an overall rating of exceptional, exceeding …
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Question by FAITH: How come people on government assistance are not subject to a drug test before and while receiving benefits?
Our tax dollars are paying for a lot of people’s drug addictions. I know here in California, most people on welfare are also on some type of drug abuse. They will take the General Relief money and Food Stamps and feed their drug habit instead of the kids. I believe they should all be subject to drug testing to receive benefits from our tax money and continue with unannounced drug testing to continue to receive payments. We the tax payers have a right to where the money is going.

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Answer by TheOrange Evil
I think it’d be a lot cheaper and easier to 1) get rid of welfare, especially long-term welfare, and 2) make drugs legal.

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Question by Biking in 209: What kind of drug test shows a positive test for heroin/methadone?
My ex-wife is a heroin addict who is in methadone “treatment”. She is coming after my children that I have had 75% custody of since the seperation. She has told the court that she is in treatment, but family and friends state that she is currenty back on heroin and maybe abusing her methadone. My problem is that the county court’s drug test is a hair test and only shows up “opiates”. My lawyer is convinced that no other test will work. I am desperate to find a test that will either show heroin and methadone seperate, or will show she’s abusing her doses. This woman walked out of her family’s life and five years later has no job, income, and has another child out of wedlock. I have three children that are scared to death to be with her, and when they do, they always come back emotionally scarred. Please help! Thanks

Best answer:

Answer by A***n G
I believe a urine test will work, call a clinic and ask

you may want to stress that meth is a dependant drug when you go before the courts.

I went through this with my ex, it is not an easy route, I wish you plenty of luck

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!