Drug News

Positive drug tests are on the rise. If you doubt that drugs in the workplace remain a problem nationwide, you’re about to get an eye-opener. Quest Diagnostics released its annual report on August 25th. It shows that positive drug tests in the combined United States workforce climbed to its highest level since 2003. The numbers are Read more »

Designer drugs chemically resemble controlled or illegal substances. Manufacturers alter the ingredients but still obtain the desired effect of the drug that they’re imitating. They achieve it by changing up the chemical formula or composition so that existing drug regulations don’t apply to them. Drug users may think it’s trendy to use the latest designer Read more »

All you have to do is search “overdose deaths” and “COVID-19” and you’ll discover the grave news. People are suffering stress and anxiety during this pandemic and they’re turning to drugs to cope. That’s horrifying news, especially, when you consider the fact that the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics recently released a report showing Read more »

Our nation has battled an addiction crisis caused by opiates for two decades now—it still rages out of control. Physicians prescribe opiates to manage pain, but users run the risk of addiction. They’re readily available on the black market and have taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans over the past decade alone. Read more »

If you don’t know what flakka is, the fact that it’s known as the “cannibal” or “zombie” drug should give you some insight. This synthetic drug is known for causing superior strength and inducing extremely violent behavior—as in physically attacking someone out of nowhere and biting them in the face! In a study released in Read more »

Arizona had a reputation for being strongly opposed to marijuana legalization. It took several initiatives before Proposition 203 succeeded in legalizing medical marijuana in the state in 2010. Since then, over 200,000 caregivers, dispensaries, and people with ailments identified as qualifying conditions for a medical marijuana prescription have benefited from the legalization. However, even though Read more »

Carfentanil—another synthetic opioid—is reportedly up to 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl. You would think even drug dealers would think twice about the devastation it could wreak if released on the street. Instead, dealers mix this elephant tranquilizer with other drugs, usually unbeknownst to the buyer. And, while Read more »

Senator Robert F. Wicker (R-MS) introduced the Preventing Opioid and Drug Impairment in Transportation Act last week. It was just in time for it to make the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Executive Session agenda. The Senate Committee meets on December 11th and will open discussion on the bill. It’s intended to strengthen Read more »