The tragic hot-air balloon crash on January 9, 2012, in Carterton, New Zealand took the lives of all 11 people on board.  A statement just issued by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission state that toxicology reports reveal that the balloon pilot had cannabis in his system at the time of the crash. Despite numerous incidents…

While teen drug use is down, pot use is up and so are overexposure cases Click here to be redirected to the KATU article with an interview with Dr. Matthew Noble, MD.

In a landmark decision issued on January 23rd, the US Court of Appeals rejected a petition to consider the Federal reclassification of marijuana from a Schedule I substance in the Control Substance Act. You can read the text of the decision here. You can read an NBC News article about the decision here. What this…

A new synthetic (“designer”) drug has recently emerged, a powerful hallucinogen nicknamed “25I.” Commonly described as a “synthetic LSD,” this powerful synthetic has already claimed the lives of several young people, most recently, a 21 year old festival goer in New Orleans. Read about that overdose death here. Very little is known about this substance, technically…

Oregon is no longer the ‘most-stoned’ workforce in the nation.  However, it is not from a decline in use in the state, but instead due to increasing use in other states.  According to The Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™, a comprehensive analysis of workforce drug use trends released April 11th, 2019.  See the full story…

A School Employee Was Assured He Could Use a CBD Tincture and Still Pass a Drug Test. He Didn’t.   His story is a dramatic example of a widespread misconception. Read the Willamette Week story here.