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Chronicle AM: Feds Allow States to Drug Test for Unemployment Benefits, FL Pot Initiative Campaign, More… (10/4/19)

Rerolled: October 4, 2019 | #STDW


The Trump administration allows states to demand drug tests for laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits, a Florida pot legalization initiative's signature gathering campaign is off to a fast start, and more.

Marijuana Policy

Florida Legalization Initiative Already Has 100,000 Signatures. Make It Legal Florida, the group behind one of two state marijuana legalization initiatives, is fast out of the gate. The group reported that it has gathered 100,000 raw signatures in the first 20 days of signature gathering. According to state law, a petition must undergo a Florida Supreme Court review before it can even be considered, and that can be done only after 76,632 valid voter signatures have been collected. To actually qualify for the 2020 ballot, the group will need 766,000 valid voter signatures by February.

Drug Testing

Trump Administration Oks Rule Allowing States to Demand Drug Tests for Unemployment Benefits. The Department of Labor published a new rule Friday that will allow states to force more laid off workers to submit drug tests in order to receive benefits. The move reverses Obama administration policies, and allows states to demand drug tests from laid off workers who work for companies that normally require job applicants to pass drug tests.

California Governor Vetoes Bill to Expand Drug Testing in Fatal Traffic Accidents. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has vetoed Assembly Bill 551, which would have required drug tests to be performed after every fatal accident in the state. State law already requires mandatory testing for alcohol. The bill had passed unanimously in both houses, but Newsom said that county coroners already had the authority to conduct drug testing.

International

Coca Crops Surge Amid Security Vacuum on Peru-Bolivia Border. Coca planting is spiking near a national park on the Bolivia-Peru border, with nearly 25,000 acres of plantings reported this year, a fourfold increase from 2017. The local coca boom is causing a dramatic population increase in the area, which suffers from disintegrating security and a shift in cocaine smuggling from Bolivia from airplanes to moving drugs by land.

Source: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/oct/04/chronicle_am_feds_allow_states


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Many chronic #pain patients medicating with #cannabis have found #inhalation to be more effective than oral delivery (#vapegate toxins notwithstanding!) Here is a study that supports this view.

This and related studies: https://t.co/pgnFYojYcV

A great figure from the paper: