Are you concerned about how to address prescription drug abuse in the workplace? The misuse of prescription drugs (psychotherapeutics) is at epidemic proportions in the US.  Current data indicate that we produce enough hydrocodone and oxycodone per year in this county to supply every citizen with 24 tabs of hydrocodone and 40 tabs of oxycodone.

Cannabis affects addiction processes in the adolescent brain Released: 8/27/2013 6:15 AM EDT Source Newsroom: Universite de Montreal more news from this source   Newswise — NEW YORK AND MONTREAL, AUGUST 27, 2013 – The nature of the teenage brain makes users of cannabis amongst this population particularly at risk of developing addictive behaviors and suffering other…

News release from Oregon State Police – published by ‘FlashAlert’ on 10.24.19 at 12:38 pm.   On October 23rd at about 3:00pm, an Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper stopped a 2015 Chevy Pickup on Hwy 140E near milepost 15 for a traffic violation.  During the traffic stop the trooper obtained probable cause to search the…

Denver led the charge on decriminalizing Marijuana, are psychedelic mushrooms (magic mushrooms) next?  Denver is trying to get a measure on their ballot this year, and Oregon is working on getting it on their ballot in 2020.  Could this be the new trend?  Finding ways to decriminalize stage 1 drugs?  How do we protect our…

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.

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…