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 »
Drug Use
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 »
How to Identify Opium Use in the Workplace
Oxycodone, Oxycontin, and Fentanyl are three of the most widely abused synthetic opioids causing tens of thousands of drug-related deaths in the United States every year. Synthetic opioids are substances that are synthesized and act on the same targets in the brain as natural opioids. Natural opioid drugs, such as morphine, heroin, and codeine, come Read more »
How to Identify Synthetic Cannabinoids in the Workplace
Synthetic cannabinoids have no ties to the cannabis plant at all. They are manufactured using mind-altering chemicals that are sprayed on dried, shredded plants for smoking. It’s also sold in liquid form to be vaporized and inhaled using e-cigarettes and other devices. They use the term “cannabinoids” because the chemical makeup is similar to that Read more »