Drug Abuse

Opiate drugs are used in medical treatment of pain. Opiates are also often used illegally for recreational purposes of generating a sense of euphoria or elevated sense of well-being. The drugs are highly addictive. In fact, opiate abuse in the United States is at an epidemic level and now presents serious difficulties for many families, Read more »

It sounds like a really dark Dr. Seuss book, but this was real life. 80 miles West of San Antonio, On March 29, 2017, the last thing members of the First Baptist New Braunfels senior choir expected to run into on their way home from a retreat, was a 20 year old driver under the Read more »

Drug abuse is an issue that consequently causes significant negative impact in the workplace, and in society as a whole. It affects everything from productivity to safety to morale. Up to date drug abuse statistics give employers, parents, and lawmakers the information needed to fight back. It enables us to identify signs of drug use, Read more »

Today, the U.S. has one of the world’s highest per capita rates of opioid use. In fact, the U.S. consumes at least 75% of the world’s opioid prescription drugs—and over 69% of U.S. opioid users work. These staggering statistics reveal the level of burden that U.S. businesses and organizations of every type and size bear Read more »

As of mid-2018, marijuana is legal for recreational use in nine states and the District of Columbia and is legal for medicinal use in 21 additional states. This trend towards the decriminalization of marijuana has numerous implications for American workplaces, most of them troublesome. Marijuana in the 21st century bears but a passing resemblance to Read more »

The legalization of marijuana in the United States seems to have picked up speed in recent years. It’s now legal in eight states and the District of Columbia. More states have referendums around legalizing marijuana on the ballot in upcoming statewide elections. Arrests of drivers with marijuana in their system increased from 8.6 to 12.6 Read more »

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 »

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 »