Prescription Drug Slip Disqualifies WSP Recruits
Prescription drug slip disqualifies WSP recruits
Filed under: Washington Drug Abuse
Patrol spokesman Bob Caulkins says borrowing a drug from a friend is a felony, even if a doctor probably would have prescribed the same drug for an illness or injury. He says many applicants don't realize that when they are questioned about drug use …
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Washington County to collect unwanted prescription drugs
Filed under: Washington Drug Abuse
On Saturday, Sept. 29, people can empty their medicine chests of potentially dangerous drugs and keep them from ever being abused. In this voluntary prescription drug take-back campaign, prescription drugs that expired, unused, and unwanted can be …
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Redskins safety Tanard Jackson suspended indefinitely for violating NFL …
Filed under: Washington Drug Abuse
Washington Redskins safety Tanard Jackson has been suspended indefinitely for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, two people with knowledge of the situation said Friday afternoon. The Redskins had been waiting for word of the ruling on Jackson …
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A number of otherwise qualified Washington State Patrol recruits have missed out becoming state troopers because they took someone else's prescription drugs at some time in their life. … Read News