Fascinating Article about Marijuana’s Link to Schizophrenia and Other Mental Disorders
Click here for a fascinating article about marijuana’s link to mental disorders.
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USA Today Article Discusses Two Sides of MJ/Alcohol Debate
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/
National Safety Council States “No Level of Cannabis Use is Safe Or Acceptable”
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.
Why Test Your Employees?
If you aren’t testing your employees, you’re probably losing money. Estimates are that a single drug using employee costs his employer between $9,000 and $21,000 per year. The cost to enroll one employee in a random testing program in our system is less than $100 per year.*
DOT Issues Statement about Legalized Recreational Marijuana
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…
First came Marijuana decriminalization – now Psychedelic Mushrooms?
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…
Prescription Drug Abuse in the Workplace
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.