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Should Idaho Require Drug Tests For Welfare Applicants?

Terry Morgan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:05:56 +0000

Today the Texas Senate passed a bill that will require some Welfare applicants to take a drug test before they can get access to benefits. Senator Jane Nelson, my new hero and the bill's sponsor, said this of the bill: "Taxpayer money should not be used to subsidize someone's drug habit."

Should Idaho adopt a similar measure?

COLORADO AND WASHINGTON LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA

Jackie — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:47:45 +0000

A lot has happened in the last 24 hours and the presidential election isn't the only thing that may surprise you. According to ABC News Colorado and Washington passed referendums legalizing marijuana for recreational use.

Smarter Kids May Be Experimenting More with Drugs — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:30:45 +0000

A new study of 8,000 kids published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health finds those who had high IQs were more likely to use certain illicit drugs as they aged. Smarter girls in particular may tend to experiment with marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs later on.

Stripper Tattles on Drug-Carrying Customer

95.7 KEZJ — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:03:56 +0000

Exotic dancers are supposed to make their customers feel like friends, not felons.

A stripper at a club called Sammy's in Okaloosa Island, Florida ratted out a customer last month when he showed off his stash of drugs to her.

Inmates' Coloring Books Painted With Drugs [VIDEO]

Brad Weiser — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:27:48 +0000

Three inmates at the Cape May County Correctional Center in New Jersey wanted their drugs so badly, they used a children's coloring book to sneak them into their prison cells. We hate to give criminals so much credit, but the whole process was undeniably ingenious.

With the help of two civilians, the inmates painted numerous coloring books with what looked to be water color, but was actually a liquid version of a drug called Suboxone. They would have gotten away with it, but in February officers at the correction center were tipped off and began testing the books for drug substances.