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

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.

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,…

Fiery fatal truck crash on I-94 in Wis. linked to synthetic marijuana http://www.startribune.com/local/165022466.html?refer=y August 4, 2012 – 9:47 PM A man’s death in the crash was the third death of a Minnesotan linked to the dangerously unpredictable substances. A truck driver has been charged with two felonies for allegedly smoking synthetic marijuana before causing a fiery nighttime…

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.

Oregon is no longer the ‘most-stoned’ workforce in the nation.  However, it is not from a decline in use in the state, but instead due to increasing use in other states.  According to The Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™, a comprehensive analysis of workforce drug use trends released April 11th, 2019.  See the full story…

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.