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Saturday, November 21, 2009

False positives

The June 17, 2001, Juneau Empire trumpeted “Court Shoots Down Random Drug Tests” as the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that random drug testing constituted an unlawful search and seizure. This decision cheered civil libertarians, union officials and firefighters while chilling media-conscious politicians, administrators and drug testing representatives who seek to simplify a complex issue by subjecting firefighters to random drug tests. Almost one year later, thousands of miles away, the specter of drug testing and drug use resurfaced in Akron, Ohio, where the revelations of positive drug tests shook the department with two resignations. One member, a district ...

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