Will Colorado get extra funding from opioid settlements?
Colorado could soon receive millions of dollars from opioid legal settlements, but what will they go towards? Since 2000, the opioid crisis has claimed the lives of more than 5000 Coloradan citizens. Alex Caldwell, Colorado Health Institute’s director, warned about an impending conflict; there will be disputes over how to spend the funds, should Colorado
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Nevada receives $333 million to fight the opioid crisis
Nevada’s Department of Justice has allocated $333 million to help fight the opioid crisis. Principal deputy assistant attorney general Sullivan believes it has already destroyed too many lives and is one of the deadliest epidemics in the nation’s history. The epidemic claims 130 lives daily (opioid-related overdoses). Based on this, the Department of Justice has
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Illinois recreational marijuana law raises more questions than answers
On 4th December 2019, amendments to the law clarified that Illinois employers can test candidates for marijuana use. But what they can to do with a positive result remains unclear. The problem with the Cannabis Act is that the provision dealing with terminating a working relationship based on a positive marijuana test is ambiguous and
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Mandatory drug testing bill for Philippine detainees filed
If the bill passes, the country’s correctional penal institutions will enforce random drug tests aimed at detainees and custodians. According to Manuel Cabochan III, Magdalo Para sa Pilipino party-list Rep, it is to safeguard the integrity of the institutions. Since 2014, drug trafficking in New Bilibid Prison has risen. It was discovered during one of
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