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Kidney Action Day outreach is a free, fun-filled, family-friendly event with a serious purpose: helping people understand their risk for kidney disease and how to prevent it. Free health screenings. Kidney disease often has no symptoms until the late stages.  […]

Pot Becoming More Potent Although some states have legalized “medical” or recreational use of cannabis, illicit use remains more common. These investigators analyzed the proportion of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), and other cannabinoids in 37,606 samples of cannabis plants seized

President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the first American Heart Month in 1964. Ever since then, the month of February has been dedicated to cardiovascular health. In his declaration to kick off the annual awareness campaign last year, President Obama wrote, “My

Protecting the Workplace The delivery of SAP services is a challenging endeavor. The SAP is a multi-tasking polymath who applies in-depth knowledge of addictionology, psychology, social work, complex federal regulations, legal contingencies, treatment options and substance use testing to the

FMCSA Unified Registration System The FMCSA monitors and ensures compliance with regulations governing both safety (all carriers) and commerce (for-hire carriers). Companies may find they are subject to both registration requirements (USDOT Number and MC Number) or either one separately.

People experiment with drugs for many different reasons. Many first try drugs out of curiosity, to have a good time, because friends are doing it, or in an effort to improve athletic performance or ease another problem, such as stress,

fresh start health ASAP The USDA has free online app called SuperTracker. It tracks your food, your physical activity, you can look up recipes and count calories. It’s a fun free way to test out whether or not you like

substance use talk problem People who need help with their drug or alcohol use represent all ages, races, genders and walks of life, but there’s one thing they have in common: None of them set out to become an addict. Instead, their

impaired driving prevention month The holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is one of the deadliest and most dangerous times on America’s roadways due to an increase in impaired driving. Since 1981, every President of the United States