Potential for Heart Attack, Stroke Risk Seen with Marijuana Use

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With the growing concern over lung disease and damage from vaping, both with cannabis and nicotine products, sales are plunging in Oregon.  See the entire Portland Business Journal story, written by Pete Danko, here.

Department of Transportation sent this bulletin at 12/03/2012 10:53 AM EST DOT OFFICE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY AND COMPLIANCE NOTICE Recently, some states passed initiatives to permit use of marijuana for so-called “recreational” purposes. We have had several inquiries about whether these state initiatives will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation’s longstanding…

The National Safety Council states that “No level of Cannabis Use is Safe or Acceptable” for Safety-Sensitive positions.  Read the entire story, written by Kathryn J Russo with Jackson Lewis.com, here.

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…

The slightly satirical article linked below contains a list of horrific and absurd cases of incidents related to MDPV, AKA “bath salts.”  Some of the content is graphic and adult themed.  The article demonstrates the danger of this trending designer drug.  In 2011, poison control centers logged more than 61oo emergencies related to bath salts,…