City considers 'ban the box' law to help ex-convicts find work

Published January 22, 2014

City considers 'ban the box' law to help ex-convicts find work

Filed under: Drug Abuse Baltimore

At 36, Jason Easley has made a living waiting tables, tending bar and laboring on construction jobs. He feels he's qualified to do other things, but he can rarely get an interview — a problem he blames on drug and assault convictions. The West …
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Hoyer opposes pot legalization in Maryland

Filed under: Drug Abuse Baltimore

Hoyer said he was initially amenable to the idea of legalization decades ago when former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke began advocating for drug decriminalization. But Hoyer said as he learned of the drug's harmful consequences, he changed his mind. "As …
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Doctors overcharging on workers compensation medicine by about four times …

Filed under: Drug Abuse Baltimore

That bill, backed by workers' compensation insurers, is meant to combat the problem of prescription-drug abuse and addiction by requiring doctors to receive authorization from an employer before dispensing narcotics, have the patient enter into a drug …
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