By Duffy Nabors, Psychemedics Corporation Testing applicants before bringing them into an organization is the first line of defense to establishing a drug-free workplace. However, in order to ensure that a workplace maintains its drug-free status, a robust random testing program should also be in place. In a random program, individuals for testing are typically…

RICHMOND, Va. — Some schools are getting tougher on e-cigarettes, even punishing possession of the devices more harshly than regular cigarettes. The devices, which heat a nicotine solution to create a vapor instead of burning tobacco, have passed traditional smokes in popularity among teenagers. Schools are clamping down because e-cigarettes, sometimes also known as vaporizers,…

Are you looking for new ideas to improve safety? Are you seeking different results than you got last year? As business costs continue to rise and workplace safety and health become more important than ever, organizations are looking for new techniques and programs that will have an impact on these growing concerns. Implementing an effective…

DECLARES 74th CONSECUTIVE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND Acton, Massachusetts, February 10, 2015 — Psychemedics Corporation (NASDAQ:PMD) today announced fourth quarter and year-end financial results for the period ended December 31, 2014.  The Company also announced a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share payable to shareholders of record as of February 23, 2015 to be paid on March…

Heroin overdoses and deaths in Massachusetts surged last month after a decline over the summer, a sign that the wave of opioid addiction is overwhelming some efforts to curb the crisis. Ten months after then-governor Deval Patrick declared a public health emergency, State Police recorded 114 suspected opioid fatalities in December, nearly double the 60…

CARROLLTON, Ky. —Electronic cigarettes are used to help tobacco users quit smoking, but local authorities said some are using them as a disguise for drugs. E-cigarettes are composed of water vapor, flavoring and nicotine, but some are packing them with heroin and marijuana. “What they do is they take marijuana, then take the THC out…

Random drug testing rates for trucking company employees in safety sensitive positions, like truck drivers, will continue at 50 percent in the coming year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Dec. 31. The agency says it based its decision to maintain the 50 percent rate on data from surveys conducted in 2012. Data from…

There is a new form of an old drug that has become Houston’s number one drug threat, and many people have never heard of it. In the sleazy underworld that is the methamphetamine trade, traffickers are getting more creative. Now, the drug in a liquid form is on the rise. “It can be put in…

(CNN) — Using marijuana at an early age could have long-term consequences on your brain and it may even lower your IQ, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers found that compared to nonusers, people who smoked marijuana starting as early as age 14 have less brain…