The term “street drugs” pertains to any drug that is accessible on the black market. Dealers purchase their wares in bulk and break them up into smaller packaging for sale on the streets. It makes no difference where you live. Even if it’s the most rural area in the nation, your family isn’t exempt. Rest Read more »
Drug Use
How to Identify Ecstasy Use in the Workplace
Ecstasy is known for being a party drug. To reinforce the fact, it’s often produced in brightly colored pill form, complete with fun designs. Some are even marketed in shapes, such as Darth Vader, for instance. They strongly resemble the shaped, colorful vitamins that you may have taken as a kid. Teens and young adults Read more »
How to Identify Methamphetamine Use in the Workplace
Methamphetamine is a powerful stimulant and, moreover, it’s highly addictive. Someone who is high on meth can act very erratically. It’s important for employers and their management teams to be able to identify methamphetamine use. Someone who is under the influence of the drug while at work is putting themselves—and anyone nearby—at a heightened risk Read more »
How to Identify Synthetic Opioids in the Workplace
The opioid abuse crisis is still raging across our nation. In fact, the situation has grown even more serious since our southern border has been left wide open. For instance, synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, are pouring into the country. Drug dealers are scooping fentanyl up because it’s cheap. It’s extremely lethal too and if Read more »
How to Identify Marijuana Use in the Workplace
Marijuana is legal in many states—but legal doesn’t mean being high at work. Know how to identify marijuana use in the workplace to maintain a safe working environment. For the moment, it remains illegal to possess or use marijuana under federal law. However, the government is choosing to look the other way regarding its stance Read more »
Addicts at Increased Risk for COVID Breakthrough Infections
Researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio analyzed 580,000 electronic health records of fully vaccinated people in the United States. They wanted to know if addicts, as well as others who “casually” use drugs, are at an increased risk of contracting COVID. One of the Read more »