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ACLU Battles Drug Rule
Posted by FoM on March 17, 2000 at 08:02:28 PT
By Andrew Guy Jr. - Denver Post Staff Writer 
Source: Denver Post
 A state policy requiring people in the greyhound-racing industry to submit urine samples for drug tests was challenged Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.The lawsuit says state officials can demand the samples on a random basis, without any suspicion that the individuals to be tested have been using drugs.
"Random urine testing unfairly treats innocent workers like criminals," said Mark Silverstein, legal director of the ACLU of Colorado."Random urine testing treats people like criminals. No one had any cause to believe that Cynthia Timm or Gary Timm were using drugs." The Timms are plaintiffs in the lawsuit. They are Colorado Springs residents who in 1997 obtained a license to train greyhounds at various kennels around Colorado.After the urine policy was adopted in 1999, Cynthia Timm was randomly selected and ordered to provide a sample of her urine, the suit says. When she refused, her license was revoked. In November, Gary Timm was randomly selected. Because he could not afford to lose his license and livelihood, Silverstein said, Gary Timm submitted the sample under duress.The suit, filed in Denver District Court, asks the court to restore Cynthia Timm's license, to declare the drug policy unconstitutional and to stop random tests in the future.Defendants included the Division of Racing Events at the Colorado Department of Revenue. Officials were not available for comment late Thursday.Published: March 17, 2000Copyright 2000 The Denver Post. ACLUhttp://www.aclu.org/Related Articles on Drug Testing & The ACLU:http://www.google.com/search?q=cannabisnews+ACLUhttp://www.cannabisnews.com/news/list/drug_testing.shtmlhttp://www.google.com/search?q=cannabisnews+drug+testing
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Comment #1 posted by kaptinemo on March 17, 2000 at 08:39:01 PT:
Randomly? 
After the urine policy was adopted in 1999, Cynthia Timm was randomly selected and ordered to provide a sample of her urine, the suit says. When she refused, her license was revoked. In November, Gary Timm was randomly selected. Because he could not afford to lose his license and livelihood, Silverstein said, Gary Timm submitted the sample under duress.Randomly. Hmmm. I'm no statistician, but maybe I don't have to be; just what are the possibilities that two people with the same name (assuming that they are married; the article didn't say, but if they are NOT married, how does that affect the permutations?) would just 'randomly' be selected by a board with reason to 'make an example' of two dissenters?
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