The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced in May that the number of overdose deaths had dropped for the first time in five years. We barely had time to celebrate that fact back in 2020, however, before the pandemic threw the world into upheaval. One of the tragedies was that drug overdoses almost Read more »
Positive Dilute Often Results in Job Loss
The urine drug test is still the number one choice for employers who drug test their employees. Sometimes drug users try to “beat” the company drug test thinking they can take in a large amount of fluids just before the test and it will mask any drug metabolites that are in their system. The test Read more »
What About High-Potency Pot, Gen Z?
The baby boomers who took part in the hippie movement made smoking marijuana and casual drug use a popular lifestyle for many. As a result, marijuana has long since gained the reputation of being a “harmless” drug because users tend to be thought of as laid back and relaxed. However, the pot distributed back in Read more »
Illicit Drug Use Rages On
Illicit drug use is casting a shadow over our nation that grows darker with each passing year despite efforts to regain the upper hand. Drug addiction is causing the homeless population to rise in every major city in the United States. Moreover, smaller communities now deal with the issue as well whereas, in times past, Read more »
Teen Overdose Deaths Rising Despite Fewer Kids Using Drugs
According to the 2023 Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use, fewer high schoolers are using illicit drugs. The annual study is conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its recent findings could be cause Read more »
Substance Abuse During Pregnancy
We know that substance abuse destroys lives. Not just those of the people using drugs either. Families are destroyed every day because of the loss of income, debt incurred, and relationships that should be based on trust reaching the last straw and being demolished. The list could go on. There isn’t even a need to publish Read more »
Some Big Businesses Don’t Drug Test But Should They?
You may be surprised at the number of big businesses that don’t drug test their employees. Yahoo Finance ran an article a while back listing twenty-five of them—and, we’re not just talking cannabis here. The list of non-testing companies includes Alphabet Inc., Netflix, Meta Platform Inc., Amazon.com Inc., and Microsoft Corporation. Moreover, according to the Read more »
Matthew Perry: A Friend in the Truest Sense
When the news that Matthew Perry had died broke this past weekend, it hit a lot of us—hard. Not only do we grieve for Matthew and his family and friends—which includes the millions of fans whose lives the show touched—but the news likely stirred memories that caused many of us to grieve over someone we’ve Read more »