drug testing

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

New York Prisons Punished 1,600 People for False Drug Test Results

On January 5, New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang released a report that showed more than 1,600 incarcerated people…

January 6, 2022

Prisoners Sue After Drug Testing of Their Legal Mail Gave False Positives

Incarcerated people‘s legal mail falsely tested positive for drugs, according to a lawsuit filed in July against the Massachusetts Department…

August 10, 2021

Amazon Ends Most Marijuana Testing for Employees, Backs MORE Act

Amazon said on June 1 that it will stop drug testing many of its workers for marijuana and will instead…

June 2, 2021