INSTITUTE MAILINGS and UPDATES- 2007

LEGAL UPDATES

1/19 Missouri Federal Judge Halts State Agency's Random-Drug-Testing Policy

4/23 Seventh Circuit Upholds City's Extension of Random Drug-Testing Policy

LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

2/27 Mental Health Parity Bill Advances In Congress

REGULATORY UPDATES

1/9 DOT Issues 2007 Random Drug-and Alcohol-Testing Rates: FTA Random-Drug-Testing Rate Halved

2/1 NHTSA Adds Three New Instruments To Its Approved List

3/21 Workplace Drug-Test Positive Rates Continue to Decline to Record Low

RESEARCH & STUDY

7/5 More Than 30 Percent of Adult Americans Have Abused or Been Addicted to Alcohol

7/5 Marijuana Three Times As Strong Today As It Was Twenty Years Ago

7/16 8.2 Percent of Employees Abused Drugs in the Last Month

7/17 Waiters/Waitresses and Carpenters "High" on The List of Drug Abusers, Law Officers and Bus Drivers Rank Lowest in Current Illicit Drug Use

INSTITUTE MAILINGS and UPDATES- 2006

LEGAL UPDATES

8/31 Iowa Supreme Court Rejects Termination for Drug-Test Positive Due to Flaws in Employer Policy and Employee Notification

8/28 Eighth Circuit Upholds Termination For Refusal-To-Test Per Federal Regulation

7/28 Oklahoma Clarifies Employer Alcohol-Testing Requirements

6/30 FAA Issues Final Rule on Alcohol Violations and Refusals-to-Submit To Drug or Alcohol Testing

6/30 NHTSA Adds Five New Instruments To The Approved List

5/30 Trend Continues Favorably to Employers/Testing: Drug-Testing Case-Law Round-Up

5/18 Pro-Employer Decision in the 7th Circuit: Uniform Application of Drug-Abuse-Prevention Policy Trumps Employee's FMLA Leave

5/17 Victory for Employers: Oregon Supreme Court: "Medical Marijuana" Not A Reasonable Accommodation

LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

6/22 Wisconsin and Missouri Enact Favorable Drug-Testing Laws

04/27 State Legislative Round-Up: 10 New Laws in 2005

REGULATORY UPDATES

8/30 DOT Issues New "Official Interpretations" of Workplace Drug- and Alcohol-Testing Regulations

6/30 FAA Issues Final Rule on Alcohol Violations and Refusal-To-Submit to Drug or Alcohol Testing

6/30 NHTSA Adds Five New Instruments to the Approved List

6/6 Overlap With the FMCSA & Coast Guard: Federal Transit Administration Proposal Would Eliminate Duplicative Testing Requirements

4/21 FDA Opposses "Medical Marijuana"

03/24 Decline in Number Continues: HHS-Certified Drug-Testing Laboratories Now Number 49

03/23 DOT Update: 2006 Random Drug-And Alcohol-Testing Rates; Status of NPRMS

03/23 Pipeline Random Drug-Testing Rate Now 25 Percent

RESEARCH & STUDY

9/08 More Baby Boomers, Less Youths Using Drugs

5/19 Prescription Drug Abuse Sends More to Emergency Rooms than Cocaine or Marijuana

5/18 One-In-Five Teenagers Abuses Prescription Drugs (Mirroring Increased Workplace Impact)

3/21 19.2 Million Workers Have Been Drunk, Drinking, or Hung Over At Work In The Last Year

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