Mar 26, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Information
A new study published earlier in February by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) demonstrates that deaths linked to excessive alcohol consumption jumped by 29% over the last five years. As part of the study, researchers examined data from the federal...
Mar 22, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Information, Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In recent months, researchers from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute have published several studies examining the association between cannabis use and mental health disorders. Led by Dr. Daniel Myran, a researcher with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and a...
Mar 19, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Information
According to a new study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum, there has been an increase in on-the-job injuries among younger workers in the U.S. following legalization of cannabis sale for recreational purposes. Specifically, the study determined that...
Mar 7, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Information
According to the results of a new study funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), law enforcement seizures of mushrooms containing the psychoactive component psilocybin increased dramatically in the United States between January 2017 and December...
Feb 27, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Information
Earlier in January, 12 U.S. Senate Democrats put pressure on the Biden administration to ease federal restrictions on cannabis regulation in a new letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Tuesday, as it deliberates rescheduling cannabis. According to new...
Jan 25, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Information
The drug testing site CanTEST in Canberra, Australia reported that three new recreational drugs have been detected in its samples. The three new substances were initially tested as inconclusive at CanTEST, and were forwarded for further testing for laboratory testing...
