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Court: NYPD can drug-test cops through hair samples

New York's highest court Thursday unanimously upheld the right of the NYPD to test its police officers for drugs through hair sampling.

The 6-0 vote by the Court of Appeals also said it was within the police commissioner's discretion to decide when drug testing should take place among the tens of thousands of members of the New York Police Department.

Neither the use of hair sampling...

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