It is no secret that alcohol and drug use can create an extensive, expensive problem in the workplace, resulting in absenteeism, fatality, injury, lost productivity, low workplace morale, and theft. Adding insult to injury, business owners must often pick up the additional costs associated with health care and workers’ comp. Specifically as it relates to drug use, Read more »
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How Long Do Benzos Stay in your System?
Benzos, otherwise known as benzodiazepines, create a calming effect in the brain. Physicians normally prescribe them to treat things such as alcohol withdrawal, anxiety, insomnia, and panic disorders. Those that use the drug while at work risk testing positive on a drug test. The Controlled Substance Act lists benzodiazepines as a Schedule 4 drug. Whether Read more »
How Long Does the DOT Store Drug Test Results?
While some employees are not worried about drug tests because they simply don’t use drugs, others are understandably worried when the time comes to take their test. And when those people fail, one of the first questions they often ask is “how long does the DOT store drug test results?” Before we get into the Read more »
5 Things Contractors Need to Know About a Drug Free Workplace
The construction industry is laden with problems, and many of these problems involve deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. Getting projects completed right and on time is always a priority and a concern. Getting it done can require long hours, which is consistent with construction work overall — it’s simply a physically demanding, stressful, and dangerous work environment. Read more »
Blazed: Marijuana’s Damaging Impact on Business
While you may hear how numerous states rake money in hand-over-fist from revenue generated from legal marijuana sales, sometimes in the neighborhood of tens, or even hundreds of millions of dollars each year, you don’t need to smoke it to imagine how this has an adverse effect on safety. Just think of employees in public Read more »
How Tampa Employers are Adapting to Legal Marijuana
In 2017, the state of Florida joined the ranks of many other states that have legalized the use of medical marijuana. While some view this as a victory for those living with debilitating medical conditions and illnesses, it also creates confusion for employers who want to conduct drug testing in order to help ensure a Read more »
9 US Cities with the Highest Drug Use
Drug use in America is has gone up and down over the years, and while we’re currently in the midst of a national opiate crisis, a handful of cities are especially plagued by a variety of drugs. According to 2013 research conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), some 68.9% of Read more »
Mysterious Illness Caused by Marijuana is on the Rise in Denver
Doctors throughout Denver are warning of a significant increase in a mysterious illness linked to frequent marijuana use. The condition is called Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) and doctors say the number of patients contracting this little-known condition has doubled since marijuana was legalized in Colorado. Here’s what researchers have discovered about CHS so far. Marijuana typically Read more »