Illicit drug use is on the rise, including those you’re probably familiar with such as marijuana, cocaine, and LSD, but an increasing number of abusers today are turning to synthetic and prescription drugs. One is a highly-addictive drug cocktail called “lean,” which is especially popular among teens. It is a simple combination of prescription-strength cough Read more »
Drug Testing Can Save Money
USA Mobile Drug Testing, LLC Save money and save time with mobile drug testing; decrease your exposure to liability. Employees leave your site and you are paying wages and losing productivity. Think of USA Mobile Drug Testing (USAMDT) as your own in-house drug and alcohol testing staff. USAMDT will come to your location to administer Read more »
Talking to Your Child About Drugs
Just as you inoculate your kids against illnesses like measles, you can help “immunize” them against drug use by giving them the facts before they’re in a risky situation. When kids don’t feel comfortable talking to parents, they’re likely to seek answers elsewhere, even if their sources are unreliable. Kids who aren’t properly informed are Read more »
Use of Marijuana May Have Cause Six Deaths
Excavator operator Kane R. Robert, also known as Sean Benschop; tested positive for the pain killer Percocet and marijuana on the day a Center city, building collapsed. The four-story outer wall of 2136 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA crumbled onto the Salvation Army Thrift Store next door. Six people were killed in the collapse — three Read more »
Karen Kitchen Interviewed by ABC About Synthetic Drugs
We would like to congratulate Karen Kitchen of USA Mobile Drug Testing of Cleveland, who was recently featured on ABC’s Cleveland affiliate discussing new drug testing for synthetic drugs. “It’s another sign synthetic marijuana is surging in popularity. Employers can now drug test their workers to find out if they’re using synthetic marijuana. ‘There are Read more »
Personal Assistant’s Intoxication Bars Benefits for Her Fall at Work
In New York, an employer is not liable for compensation when the injury was solely occasioned by intoxication from alcohol of the injured worker while on duty. Case name: Kabler, 112 NYWCLR 263 (N.Y.W.C.B., Full Board 2012). Ruling: The New York Workers’ Compensation Board held that an assistant’s claim was barred because her injury was Read more »
Judges: Fla. Worker Drug Test Ban Too Broad
By CURT ANDERSON MIAMI (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott may get at least some of his state worker random drug testing program reinstated. Judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said at a hearing Friday that a lower court’s decision invalidating all drug tests for some 85,000 workers may have been overbroad. The Read more »
Employers Review Drug Testing Policies
Now that recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington, employers in those states must determine how to handle employees who fail a drug test after using the drug on their own time. There are many sound reasons why employers have zero tolerance policies and engage in drug testing (including marijuana) of applicants and/or employees, Read more »