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 »
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Will CBD Negatively Impact My Prescription?
You can purchase CBD products everywhere. Many order online and products come straight to their homes. Others run out to a nearby store grabbing their favorite product and checking it off the list as they complete their shopping. Marijuana, in general, is touted to be a wonder drug by many. It’s not the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Read more »
Do ADHD Meds Show Up on a Drug Test?
Medical marijuana legalization has caused some employees to test positive on company drug tests even if only using CBD products. Even though CBD doesn’t get you high, small amounts of THC escapes the plant in the extraction process finding its way into the medication. Over time, the levels can build up in the patient’s body Read more »
Drivers Ditching Return to Duty
Over-the-road truck drivers can fall prey to loneliness and boredom because they spend a lot of time alone. Those emotions fall into the long list of reasons given as to why people use drugs. Current statistics released by the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) continue to support the fact that truckers have drugs in Read more »
Are Feds Keeping Marijuana a Controlled Substance?
Whether or not marijuana remains a controlled substance is ultimately still up in the air. This is despite the House having passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act over a year and a half ago now. However, after a request from President Joe Biden to consider providing the Drug Enforcement Agency DEA with Read more »
Need to Know About Drug Testing?
Drug testing in the workplace has become a common occurrence in many industries. For instance, the Department of Transportation (DOT) mandates employers of the safety-sensitive workforce to drug test their employees in a number of instances. Employers of the general workforce have more leeway in regard to when and where to drug test their employees 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 »
Women, Sports, and Steroids
Stories of women competing in professional sports testing positive for anabolic steroids have been sprinkled in the headlines throughout the year. One involved junior lightweight boxing champion, Alycia Baumgardner. She had metabolites in her system that identified two performance-enhancing drugs on her pre-fight drug test given on July 12th. They were mesterolone and methenolone acetate, Read more »