The Department of Defense will increase its drug testing for new recruits, checking them for the same 26 drugs that are prohibited for active military members. As of April 3, new recruits will be tested for substances such as heroin, codeine, morphine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone and oxymorphone along with synthetic cannabinoids and benzodiazepine sedatives.
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Appeals court: College’s drug tests of all students illegal
A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated a judge’s 2013 ruling that a central Missouri technical college’s mandatory drug testing policy is unconstitutional when applied to all students. The full 8th U.S. District Court of Appeals, in a 9-2 ruling, sided with the American Civil Liberties Union in reversing an earlier decision by a three-judge panel of the same St. Louis-based court.