Oct 6, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to the results of recent large-scale studies, construction workers are heavily represented in overdose deaths across Western Canada and the U.S. An analysis of 872 overdose deaths carried out by the BC Coroners Service showed that 44% of the individuals were...
Sep 30, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier in July, Walpole Island First Nation, a community situated south of Sarnia, Ont., declared a state of emergency to help stop a spike in overdoses. Opiates and, specifically fentanyl have been determined as the leading cause of the growing numbers of overdoses...
Sep 28, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Over recent months, health officials in the Fraser Health region of B.C. have voiced their concerns regarding an increase in overdoses linked to use of opioids laced with benzodiazepines. In her interview with CBC News, Dr. Ariella Zbar, medical health officer for the...
Sep 24, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In recent years, recreational cannabis legalization in the U.S. has been slowly gaining momentum state by state. The shifting legal landscape in the U.S. currently overlaps with a significant increase in public support for legalization, which is now favoured by the...
Sep 21, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier this year, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed A21, the “New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act” (CREAMMA), enabling legislation for the amendment to the New Jersey Constitution and, thereby, legalizing the...
Sep 17, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
A recent webinar presented by the labour, employment and human rights law publisher Lancaster House examined substance use in the workplace, as well as the outcomes of arbitration cases. According to the webinar speakers, “good-faith efforts” are essential...
