By Michael Gold, New York Times Most employers in New York City would no longer be able to force job applicants to take drug tests for marijuana use, under a bill overwhelmingly approved this week by the City Council. If […]
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By Cynthia Gould, ABC News Drug users will go to extremes to beat a drug test. One trick they use is synthetic urine. Now seventeen states are moving to ban it. Alabama may be next in line. State Rep. Arnold
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National Nurses Week is a time that celebrates the hard work that nurses do every single day to keep people healthy and safe. The idea for Nurses Day was first suggested in 1953 by Dorothy Sutherland, who was a part
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DEA National Take Back Day Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue, and can lead to accidental poisoning, overdose, and abuse. Unused prescriptions thrown in the trash can be retrieved and abused or illegally sold. The misuse
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DOT Publishes Drug Testing Rule On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, the Department of Transportation (DOT) Publishes Drug Testing Rule that makes minor technical corrections to the OST, FAA, FTA, and PHMSA regulations governing drug testing for safety-sensitive employees. The full
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By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay Most folks treated in a U.S. emergency room for misuse of prescription medications get into trouble because they mix different substances, a new study reports. Benzodiazepines like Xanax (alprazolam) and Ativan (lorazepam) are most commonly implicated in
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By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Though they know that nearly all heroin is laced with the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl, many Baltimore users aren’t prepared to prevent or treat fentanyl-related overdoses, a new study finds. Baltimore has a thriving heroin trade and
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By National Transportation and Safety Board What is the problem? Alcohol impairment remains a leading cause of highway crashes. Nearly 30 percent of the 37,000 deaths on U.S. roads in 2017 were due to alcohol impairment, according to the National
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Join us on April 10th at 10:30am. ASAP’s CEO and President Laura Dashner is presenting, An Interview with Sandra Sapp: New Developments for 2018 in DOT Testing and Return to Duty Process at AAOHN in Jacksonville, Florida. check out AAON’s
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By Ben Smart, WECT News WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A healthcare system in southeastern North Carolina is warning its employees that using cannabidiol (CBD) products could cause their drug tests to come back positive for compounds from marijuana, resulting in
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