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State Supreme Court Hears Appeal of Fired Medical Cannabis Patient

Mark Cooke, ACLU-WA Drug Policy Advocate
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 at 11:41 am
Last week the Washington Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Roe v. TeleTech. Roe was fired from her job as a customer service consultant, solely because of her lawful use of cannabis for medical purposes. Read More »
 
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State Supreme Court Rules Against Student Drug Testing

March 13, 2008
The Washington Supreme Court found unanimously that requiring students to undergo drug testing without suspicion of wrongdoing violates the state constitution. Read More »
 

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ACLU Opposes Suspicionless Drug Testing for Lake Stevens Students

The ACLU of Washington wishes to comment on the recent news that the Lake Stevens School District may require drug tests for all students enrolled in school-sponsored extracurricular activities, even where there are no grounds to suspect that the individual students being tested are abusing drugs. Read More »
 
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ACLU Opposes Suspicionless Drug Testing for Marysville Students

An ACLU-WA letter to the Marysville School District, opposing the proposed drug testing of student athletes without reasonable suspicion of drug abuse. Read More »
 
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Deputy Sheriff, Doctor Challenge Suspicionless Student Drug Testing by Wahkiakum

April 13, 2006
A group of parents is challenging the suspicionless testing of Wahkiakum School District students who participate in extracurricular athletic activities. Read More »
 
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ACLU Challenges Student Drug Testing at Cle Elum-Roslyn High School

September 14, 2005
The ACLU has filed a suit challenging a plan for suspicionless drug testing of students at Cle Elum-Roslyn High School, because it violates students’ privacy and interferes with parental rights. Read More »
 

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Wise v. Cle Elum-Roslyn School District (Random Drug Testing)

The ACLU filed suit in 2005 on behalf of several Cle Elum-Roslyn High School parents, students, and a football coach, challenging the random drug testing of students involved in extracurricular activities. The lawsuit argues the policy violates student privacy rights and their parents' rights to determine how to raise their children. Read More »
 
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Elizabeth Wise Testimony to the Cle Elum School Board

May 15, 2005
I am well aware that the intent in drafting this policy, the goal, is to help students by identifying drug users and then assisting them into treatment and by deterring drug and alcohol use. These are good goals. But the reading I have been doing suggests the policy may in fact result in the opposite outcome -increased problem drug or alcohol use. Read More »
 
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