drug testing

A Black man in Illinois named Dartavius Barnes that had to file a federal lawsuit after officers actually took the time to test a small urn with his daughter’s ashes and falsely said it tested positive for drugs.

A mother sued a Pittsburgh hospital Wednesday, saying it collected and tested her urine for drugs without her consent while she was in labor and reported a false positive result to protective services that resulted in a child abuse investigation. It is the second such lawsuit filed against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center since […]

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is not too happy with the NFL right now. Thursday morning, he took to Twitter to voice his frustrations about the league’s “random” PED drug testing. “Walkin in today to my 997,546 “””RANDOM””” PED drug test today. It’s actually funny how I “randomly” get tested every other […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing, handing a win to conservatives who’ve long sought ways to curb the safety net program. The proposal under review would be narrowly targeted, applying mostly to people who are able-bodied, without […]

Under the “Top 1% Accountability Act, if a person doesn't test clean three months after filing, they will lose all their lofty deductions.

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of using a prosthetic penis to try to pass a drug test has been arrested in eastern Missouri. Authorities say 34-year-old Sydney Levin was submitting a urine sample last week as part of his probation when an officer allegedly spotted him using a prosthetic known as a […]

BOSTON (AP) — A chemist at the center of a scandal at a Massachusetts drug lab admitted to investigators that she faked test results for two to three years, forged signatures and bypassed proper procedures, according to a state police report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The report indicates that Annie Dookhan told police […]