drug testing

Marijuana Hair-Test Device Doesn’t Prove Use, Warns Petition to FDA

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a petition raising concerns about the alleged “significant harm” that a drug…

October 23, 2025

Drug Testing Defeats the Purpose of “Second Chance” Hiring

Opening employment opportunities to people with prior convictions, often called “second chance hiring,” can be an economically savvy way for…

October 22, 2025

Colorimetric Drug Tests Are Making Mass Incarceration More Miserable

Colorado legislators have proposed a working group to study the use of colorimetric drug tests within the criminal-legal system, and…

March 5, 2025

San Joaquin County, CA, to Vote on Drug-Testing Public Benefit Recipients

Voters in San Joaquin County, California, are about to decide if people on public benefits should be drug-tested under threat…

October 24, 2024

Faulty Drug Tests From 2023 Lawsuit Behind WA Prison Greeting Card Ban

The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) decision to ban greeting cards and postcards was informed by its continued use…

May 29, 2024

NY Cases Underline Harms of Drug Testing During Pregnancy

Jane* didn’t think much about the Sam’s Club salad she’d eaten days before she was to give birth in March…

April 18, 2024

San Francisco Votes on Prop F, to Drug-Test People on Public Benefits

San Francisco voters head to the polls on March 5 to weigh in on Proposition F, which would require people…

March 5, 2024

WA Prisons Still Using Drug Test Kits at Center of False-Positives Lawsuit

Sabastian Johnson had been unsuccessfully trying to get copies of a legal document related to his case into Washington Corrections…

December 4, 2023

How Drug Courts Keep You in Prison, Even Without Drug-Related Charges

In 2016, Larry Vessey Jr. was sentenced to 58 months in the custody of Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC).…

April 18, 2023

Feds’ Survey Reveals Which Industries Drug-Test Employees the Most

A new federal labor report indicates that drug testing rates at US workplaces have fallen considerably over the past quarter-century,…

March 14, 2022