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7/28/2010
Random drug tests nab 336 drivers

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COUNTRY motorists who think they can get away with drug driving without getting caught are naive, according to Ballarat Police Inspector Bruce Thomas.In the past six months, police have drug tested 22,473 drivers across the state, with 336 returning a positive result. Almost a third of the positive drivers were detected in rural Victoria. Figures [...]

 

7/28/2010
Drug tests planned in Ogden

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Two public schools in Ogden plan to introduce random drug testing for athletes. Starting next school year, Ogden High will test three students a week. Mount Ogden Junior High will run one test a week. District athletic director Ken Crawford says the testing is being modeled after a program used at Bonneville High School for [...]

 

7/27/2010
Some people never learn: Prentice Redman flunks another drug test

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Dodgers minor league outfielder Prentice Redman was hit with a 100-game suspension for testing positive for amphetamine. The suspension is the second of the season for the 30-year-old Redman, who is currently serving a 50-game suspension for previously testing positive for amphetamine. The 100-game suspension will come into effect when Redman completes his 50-game suspension. [...]

 

7/23/2010
Clover school officials to meet with parents about athlete drug tests

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CLOVER – Clover High School is holding a information meeting for parents of current and potential student athletes for the 2010-2011 school year next week. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 27 in the CSD Auditorium. A presentation of the new policy will be delivered, along with a question and answer session. [...]

 

7/23/2010
French Riders Rise Amid Tougher Testing

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PAU, France ? The Frenchmen in the Tour de France welcomed Wednesday?s day off from racing, but not simply because they needed to rest their bodies before the final push to Paris, where the 2,263-mile Tour ends Sunday. Those riders also needed time to let their success sink in. No French rider has won the [...]

 

7/21/2010
Hopkins Co School District drug testing their students

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HOPKINS CO, KY (WFIE) – A new random drug testing program is moving forward in Hopkins County. It targets students who may be using alcohol and controlled substances. On Monday the Hopkins County School Board awarded a Louisville based company the bid to conduct random drug testing at all four county middle schools and two [...]

 

7/21/2010
3 arrested for manipulating drug tests

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A Federal Grand Jury has indicted three former employees of an Albuquerque drug and alcohol testing company for allegedly helping suspects and parolees cheat urine tests. Federal investigators say Brandon Ortiz, Amber Sanchez, and Ronald Lopez manipulated drug tests while employed at Relevancy Inc. in Albuquerque. Ortiz and Lopez are facing charges for discarding urine [...]

 

7/17/2010
One in 61 drivers on drugs

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ONE in every 61 drivers have tested positive to illicit drugs in Victoria, police figures reveal. More than 122,000 drivers have been tested by Victoria Police since its world first random drug testing program was introduced five-and-a-half years ago. Of those, almost 2000 motorists tested positive, with speed (83 per cent), cannabis (29 per cent) [...]

 

7/17/2010
NYRA expands in-house drug testing program

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NEW YORK (AP) -The New York Racing Association will expand its drug testing program to include random out-of-competition testing when the Saratoga meet begins July 23. The new program, announced Wednesday, also will include an “in-today” process that will identify horses running in a race within 24 hours. The process is designed to allow the [...]

 

7/14/2010
Former BU basketball player Mayben sentenced to five years probation for drug dealing

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TROY — Former Binghamton University basketball player Emanuel “Tiki” Mayben was sentenced this morning to five years probation after pleading guilty in May to felony drug dealing. Rensselaer County District Attorney Richard J. McNally Jr. said Mayben will be under normal probation conditions requiring routine drug testing. Though Mayben’s involvement in the crime was an [...]

 

7/9/2010
Two-year-old tests positive for drugs, dad arrested

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LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) – The Angelina County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Lufkin man for exposing his two-year-old son to drugs. According to an arrest affidavit, Nathan Wade Cannon, 25, was stopped on June 20 on Grimes Cemetery Road, as he was coming from a known meth house. The officer found two small bags of meth [...]

 

7/9/2010
Lohan sentence includes random drug testing

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Three months in the pen, and probably less for a combination of good behavior and overcrowding? That may be a cinch for Lindsay Lohan compared with having to stay clean and sober for a year and a month. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel’s sentencing order for the 24-year-old actress was released Wednesday. [...]

 

7/6/2010
Truckies back random drug tests

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The Transport Workers Union has backed a Tasmanian Coroner’s call for all trucking companies to introduce random drug testing. Coroner Chris Webster made the recommendation after an inquest into the death of 27-year-old truck driver Timothy Bennett. Mr Bennett had toxic levels of ecstasy in his system when he lost control of his truck at [...]

 

7/6/2010
Pregnant woman who cheated drug test gets prison

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WOODSTOCK – A 26-year-old Elgin woman could give birth to her third child while in prison for trying to cheat on a drug test. At about six months pregnant, Ryan L. Burke tested positive for marijuana and heroin on May 5 while on probation for heroin possession. She returned to court a week later with [...]

 

7/2/2010
Manasquan High School drug testing shows drop in use, principal says

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MANASQUAN ? Substance-abuse among high school students enrolled in a random drug-testing program is down from last year, according to a report from Principal Rick Coppola. Coppola said at a Board of Education Tuesday night that 873 students were enrolled in the testing program this past school year, an increase of 179 from the 2008-09 [...]