Oct 3, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In August, Ontario Minister of Health Sylvia Jones announced the government will close 10 consumption and treatment sites that are considered to be located too close to schools and day cares, including sites in Kitchener and Guelph. According to the announcement...
Sep 25, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to the results of a new research study published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society, prescribing of potentially inappropriate and harmful medications to seniors by healthcare professionals is on the rise in Canada. Specifically, the study involved...
Sep 19, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier in August, Ivo Skoric, a Vermont resident who was fired from his job after testing positive for cannabis in a drug test lost his appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court over unemployment benefits. Skoric had initially appealed to the state after he was found to be...
Sep 13, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
On Sept 1, Oregon reinstated criminal penalties for the possession of illicit drugs with House Bill 4002 coming into effect. As part of the new recriminalization law, individuals caught with possession of drugs including fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamines will...
Sep 10, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
A recent analysis article published in Psychology Today and authored by Dr. Mark Gold examined the increasing numbers of overdose deaths by smoking rather than injection of illicit substances. Moreover, a 2024 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Sep 6, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to the results of a new research study carried out by researchers from Pennsylvania State University, teenagers are more likely to have consumed alcohol or tried cannabis by the age of 15 years if they went to bed later and slept fewer hours during childhood...
