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Facts about Drug and Alcohol Testing In The Workplace, Texas Laws.
Companies hoping for greater efficiency seek also to cut down the costs associated with abuse Since the 1990s, studies have shown that substance abuse is not only prevalent in the workplace, but that it is extremely costly to employers. About 70 percent of all drug...
Study Finds Big Pharma Pushes Doctors To Overprescribe Drugs Instead Of LifeStyle Changes
Know anyone taking prescription drugs? The odds are enormous you do. And it's likely they are taking drugs they don't need because their doctors are too quick to fall under the influence of Big Pharma's aggressive drug sales reps. Consider these statistics: almost...
Scientists Accurately Predict Age With Saliva DNA Sample; SALIVA AS A PREDICTOR OF AGE
ScienceDaily (June 23, 2011) — Self-conscious about your age? Careful where you spit. UCLA geneticists now can use saliva to reveal how old you are. Promising research now shows that DNA Methylation of human saliva can be utilized to predict a person's age with a...
Adolescent Pot Use Leaves Lasting Mental Deficits; Developing Brain Susceptible to Lasting Damage from Exposure to Marijuana
ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) — The persistent, dependent use of marijuana before age 18 has been shown to cause lasting harm to a person's intelligence, attention and memory, according to an international research team. ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) — The persistent,...
Never Feel Helpless
Written By Phil Bauer - Parent Advisory Board Member As a parent who has lost a son to medicine abuse, the past couple of weeks have been truly moving. The Partnership at Drugfree.org showed me some of the stories people shared about medicine abuse over this past...
Gilmer ISD warns of new digital drug
By Richard Yeakley ryeakley@news-journal.com A drug-like high could be as close as an app on a teen’s smartphone, and that has some area school officials concerned. An official at Gilmer High School warned parents Friday of the digital-drug craze known as “i-Dosing”...
2C-I or ‘Smiles’: A New Killer Drug That Every Parent Should Know About
Witnesses described the 17-year-old boy as "shaking, growling, foaming at the mouth." According to police reports, Elijah Stai was at a McDonald's with his friend when he began to feel ill. Soon after, he "started to smash his head against the ground" and began acting...
Synthetic Drug users and treatment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2012 -- What many are beginning to notice lately is that synthetic drugs are rising in the ranks as far as dependency and medical issues are concerned. The days of cocaine and heroin being the bad guys on the block are changing as...
Economy drives a spike as prescription abusers to cheaper, more dangerous choice
Prescription drug abusers turn to cheaper, more dangerous choice The tough economy is influencing Metro Detroiters' illegal drug choices, experts say, with prescription drug abusers turning to a cheaper — but more dangerous — alternative: heroin. During economic...
DA: Bath salts suspected in Hawley head-gnawing attack
By Denis J. O’Malley The Times-Tribune, Scranton September 14, 2012 Authorities suspect the Doylestown man who allegedly gnawed on a woman’s head in Hawley after stripping his clothes and jumping from a second-story window on Friday may have been under the influence...