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If you suspect an employee is using drugs, either on their own time or during working hours, this can create a serious problem for workplace safety. Employees that have a dependency issue tend to have poor job performance, problems getting to work on time, or they may have an absenteeism issue. It also creates a workplace Read more »

Focusing on millennials is a smart business move because they will be the overwhelming majority in the workforce over the coming years. Businesses that depend on attracting top talent in order to beat out competition will need to use one of these seven methods to win over the best millennials. Consider relocating your office Many businesses have chosen Read more »

The phrase “you’re only as good as your worst employee” should not be taken lightly. While the majority of your workforce may constitute high quality, hardworking employees, one or two bad apples can have a detrimental effect on the success and progress of the whole bunch. Another phrase, “enthusiasm is contagious”, is also true. Employees Read more »

Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Colorado allow recreational pot and nineteen states permit medicinal use in some form. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but it appears a lot of folks pushing for across-the-board legalization haven’t done their homework, opting instead to believe myths over facts. Ignorance isn’t really bliss, and when you’re talking weed, mistaking myth for fact Read more »

About two weeks ago, a high school student’s arrival at Northside Hospital in Forsythe prompted a call to the Georgia Poison Center. When the youth arrived, he told medical personnel he had taken a drug known as “N-Bomb.” This substance, which is also referred to as “Legal LSD,” is among the new generation of synthetic Read more »

In February, the Atlanta Police Department unveiled its plans to add a new weapon in their arsenal to aid in the agency’s fight to decrease the number of citizens who die each year due to heroin overdoses. At that time, the department announced its intentions to supply more than 100 officers who work in the Read more »

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has a new soldier in its fight to keep drugs off the streets and out of the hands of local citizens, and for this latest addition to the department’s ranks, a successful search is as simple as following his nose. In November 2014, officers celebrated the arrival of Dakota, the Read more »

Moon Rocks, No More Mr. Nice Guy, Spice, K2, Yucatan Fire and Skunk may sound like cute names for a harmless alternative to marijuana, but chemicals used to make synthetic pot may cause the user to experience far worse than a bad trip, a risk that significantly cuts down on the cute factor. Data posted Read more »