Federal Judge Blocks Florida's New Welfare Drug Testing Law

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Federal Judge Blocks Florida's New Welfare Drug Testing Law

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Florida's new law requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving benefits. U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven said it may violate the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures.

​The judge rejected many of the state of Florida's claims of why the drug tests are legal, reports Amy Pavuk at the Orlando Sentinel. She dismantled the state's arguments that drug tests are not a search, that welfare applicants are more likely to use drugs than the general population, and that the state has a "special interest" in drug testing welfare applicants that would outweigh constitutional rules against it, reports Phillip Smith at StoptheDrugWar.org.

"Such blanket intrusions cannot be countenanced under the Fourth Amendment," the judge ruled. Read more at www.tokeofthetown.com

 

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ScienceShot: First Look at Marijuana's Genetic Code

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ScienceShot: First Look at Marijuana's Genetic Code

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California Medical Assn. calls for legalization of marijuana

The doctor group questions the medical value of pot and acknowledges some health risk from its use but urges it be regulated like alcohol. A law enforcement official harshly criticizes the new stance.

Lyman says current laws have "proven to be a failed public health policy." He cited increased prison costs, the effect on families when marijuana users are imprisoned and racial inequalities in drug-sentencing cases. Read more at www.latimes.com

 

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Here Are The Four Charts That Explain What The Protesters Are Angry About...

Here Are The Four Charts That Explain What The Protesters Are Angry About...

The War You Don’t See

The film begins with a thumbnail history of modern war propaganda, which Pilger traces back to Edward Bernays, the father of public relations. Bernays, who began his career by helping Woodrow Wilson to “sell” World War I to the American people, talks in his famous book Propaganda about the public being the “enemy” which must be “countered.”

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Banned in the US: the Film You Won’t See

Americans now have the opportunity of seeing John Pilger’s critically acclaimed The War You Don’t See as a free download at http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/war-you-dont-see/ The groundbreaking documentary was effectively banned in the US when Patrick Lannan, who funds the “liberal” Lannon Foundation, canceled the American premier (and all Pilger’s public appearances) in June 2010. Pilger provides the full background of this blatant act of censorship at his website www.johnpilger.com. After seeing the film, I believe its strong support of Julian Assange (who the US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute) is the most likely reason it’s not being shown in American theatres. Read more at blogs.alternet.org

 

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