Karen Kitchen

You may know synthetic marijuana as Spice, K2, Scooby Snacks, Mr. Happy, Skunk, Kush, Moon Rocks or fake weed. Sold in head stores, convenience stores and even online, synthetic marijuana products claim to be safe, natural alternatives that produce a similar high, but their misleading message often leads to devastation. Spice and similar products are Read more »

Fentanyl, a powerful prescription pain medication, is responsible for three more overdoses this week. Drug dealers and addicts throughout Cleveland have been lacing heroin with this dangerous narcotic to produce a stronger, more euphoric high. Officials released a public warning last week after two men fatally overdosed on the city’s West Side. Preliminary drug testing Read more »

I feel very comfortable saying that the decision by Washington High School administrators and staff to hand out prescription pill bottles filled with candy marshmallows to a group of preschoolers was, at best, an epic lapse of judgment. A child of that age (4-5 years old) does not possess the reasoning to understand why it’s Read more »

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office is on high alert after three individuals died from suspected heroin overdoses Tuesday. As if Heroin wasn’t bad enough, Cuyahoga county addicts have resorted to mixing fentanyl, which is 80 times stronger than morphine, with their heroin to create a more euphoric high. “Fentanyl is a very potent opiate Read more »

The U.S. Department of Transportation demands high standards and accountability of those in the transportation industry, requiring trained professionals to evaluate their health and drug-free status on a regular basis. That is why Karen Kitchen, owner of USA Mobile Drug Testing of Cleveland and one of Ohio’s leading experts on the industry, has partnered with Read more »

We recently received a barrage of hate mail from several drug users who were upset that we provide drug testing services for employers throughout Ohio. (Spoiler alert…)

If anyone needs more evidence that drugs make people do dumb things, Jose L. Ramirez Jr. of Painesville, Ohio is a perfect example. After getting caught in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Hoyt St. trying to eat marijuana, he then offered the arresting officer $3,000 not to arrest him. If that wasn’t Read more »

With all the recent talk of legalizing marijuana, the conversation has inevitably turned to whether employers have a right to demand that their employees be drug free. The issue is polarized and there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground. Does off-duty drug use matter? Some people think that what someone does on their own Read more »