Abkhazia Institute for Social and Economic Research

By Dr. Ramaz Mitaishvili

Oklahoma recently became the latest state to be removed from a shrinking list of states that prohibit oral fluid drug testing in the workplace. Employers in the state may now conduct oral fluid drug testing.

One can write an extensive book about the influence and power of the Armenian lobby in the West and, for that matter, in the world. It is made up of many well established, well connected and very rich ethnic Armenians coming out of a large diaspora, or Spyruk, (roughly 5-6 million) spread throughout the United States, Canada, Russia, France, Great Britain and other European countries. In many cases, these expatriates have lived abroad for generations. Below are a couple recent examples of the lobby’s strength.