ASAP News

Alcohol Awareness Month is a nationwide campaign intended to raise awareness of the health and social problems that excessive alcohol consumption can cause for individuals, their families, and their communities. The dangers of alcohol use and alcoholism in the workplace […]

Synthetic cannabinoids – popular drugs of abuse, have been recently linked to acute kidney injury (AKI).  AKI is marked by a rapid loss of kidney functions.  Symptoms can include pain in the flanks and back, fatigue, loss of appetite, headache,

In an effort to protect consumers from bus companies that are providing interstate transportation illegally, the FMCSA launched the SaferBus app for consumer use.  App users will have easy access to the data that the FMCSA has made publicly available

March 17-23, 2013 is National Poison Prevention Week. The observance is sponsored by the National Poison Prevention Week Council, a group of public and private partners committed to reducing unintentional poisonings, promoting poison prevention, and coordinating annual activities to promote

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently issued a final rule which adds certain “non-controlled substances with potentially impairing side effects to its standard post-accident testing panel.”  Since 1985 the FRA has mandated post accident testing for alcohol, marijuana, cocaine,  amphetamines,

A recent report by the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) indicated that positive random test results have increased over the past few years in the transit industry.  In 2011 the rate was .85% – according to the FTA, “It is the

Preventable and controllable, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States.  The CDC reported, that an estimated 715,000 Americans suffer a heart attack and about 600,000 people die from heart disease

ASAP CEO, Reed Morrison, Ph.D. in collaboration with Robert L. DuPont, M.D. co-authored an article on The New Paradigm and the DOT/SAP Process.  The feature article proposes that the DOT SAP Process “could improve its already good outcomes by intensifying

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stimulant medications are resulting in an alarming increase in trips to the emergency department.  In a period of five years the figure has more than doubled from approximately 13,000 in 2005 to 31,000 in 2010. 

Prescription drug misuse continues to be one of the nation’s most prevalent illicit drug problems.  It is second only to marijuana.  According to a recent report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an estimated 22 million