Drug News

A kindergartner at Sweet Spring Elementary school in Missouri took his mother’s crack-pipe and methamphetamine to show-and-tell. According to local news broadcaster, KCTV 5 News, school administrators contacted police when the young boy removed the items from his backpack in the school’s hallway. http://global.christianpost.com/news/kindergartner-brings-moms-crack-pipe-and-meth-to-school-56153/

The study focused on 5,964 Floridians who applied for cash assistance in July. According to the study, 574 applicants were denied because they tested positive for drug use — though 565 who simply never underwent a drug test were denied welfare. “Drug users seeking taxpayer-funded cash assistance find it cheaper and easier to skip the…

By HireRight On September 15, 2011 A recent Psychemedics blog post highlights the increasing acceptance among large motor carriers for performing hair testing as an additional drug detection method for regulated drivers to supplement the drug tests that are conducted in accordance with Department of Transportation regulations. With the heightened focus on the safety of…

Is the recession changing the way we get high? All sorts of quirky trends have been attributed as fallout from the global economic crisis—including, most recently, a decrease in the frequency with which parents change their kids’ diapers, and a rise in odds and ends like lottery ticket sales and dog kidnappings. Now, experts are…

Drug use among college-age adults is increasing, driven largely by an increase marijuana use, a national drug-use survey has found. Marijuana is by far the most commonly used drug, and its popularity is growing, according to a new survey. Nearly one in 10 Americans report regularly using illegal drugs, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants…

SHRM & DATIA Poll: Half of Employers Conduct Drug Tests on Final Job Candidates More than half of employers (57 percent) conduct drug tests on all job candidates, while only 29 percent do not conduct drug tests on any job candidates, according to a poll released today by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)…

Not long ago, 11 people applied for a job with a small Southwest Virginia business. Five walked away when told they would have to take a drug test. Another five took the test and failed. That left the company with just one drug-free applicant to fill the position. Such a scenario is all too common,…

Six workers at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site decided to quit rather than submit to drug testing after a baggie of marijuana was found in a building at a landfill, a spokesman for a cleanup contractor said Tuesday. A manager for a company that runs the landfill at south-central Washington’s Hanford nuclear reservation found…

The driver of the TTC bus that crashed Tuesday had a small quantity of drugs in his possession, police investigators believe, and refused a TTC drug test after the incident, which left one passenger dead and 13 injured. Ainsworth has been fired, the TTC said in a statement. A source close to the TTC said…

Alarming statistics point to a growing prescription drug abuse problem among teens. Now one local official is trying to fight the issue before it gets out of hand. Experts say one out of every 10 teens has abused prescription drugs in the last 30 days. “It’s a concern. It should be a concern with parents…