Fascinating Article about Marijuana’s Link to Schizophrenia and Other Mental Disorders

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…

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. 

Navigating the complexities of DOT regulations is difficult, complex and requires countless staff hours.  Bio-Med is here to assist employers in the administration of their random testing programs to keep DOT compliance as seamless as possible. Our services include managing the random testing pool, specimen collections, policy consultation, driver history checks and supervisor training, etc.

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 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,…

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…