Longview school bus driver arrested on suspicion of DUI

The safeness of marijuana when compared to alcohol has become front and center since the President’s comment comparing the two. Here’s an article from USA Today that gives the two sides of the debate from a medical perspective. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/20/marijuana-more-dangerous-alcohol-president-obama/4660555/

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.

With the rising tide liberalization of marijuana laws, it’s vital that we understand that marijuana is not innocuous. The link below will direct to a page with 150 links to scientific studies that demonstrate the various risks of marijuana use. Click here to be taken to the page. 

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…

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…