On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, California voters decided to legalize marijuana for adults over 21. In fact is was 56.04% yes and 43.96% no. You can read the bill here. So what happens now? Adults over 21 can possess and consume up to an ounce of pot. Adults can grow 6 plants at private residence as […]
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Aren’t those flowers lovely? NOPE! They are opium poppies. Refined into morphine then chemically modified to heroin…not lovely. And 95 % of the worlds opium poppies products are from Afghanistan. Hmmmm, lets not get it to the politics of that hot potato. Heroin is a growing issue in the small town I live in as
Update: June 28,2016 The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a press release today on the growing heroin problem. Read it here. We have written a lot on this blog about illegal drugs and the problems they cause to our society. But legal drugs have started a painkiller epidemic in the United States.
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Where do you stand on medical marijuana? What kind of impact can it have on your business? In regulated industries like railroads, airlines, and truck and bus companies, the rules are black and white. There is NO provision for medical marijuana. But what about other workers? The state of New Jersey has proposed a new
On October 15, 2015, the DEA announced the arrest of 151 people from their 15 month investigation dubbed Project Synergy III. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) gets a bad rap much of the time, but this is an important bust. Project Synergy III targeted Chinese imports of designer drugs. Read their press release here.
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The White House announced that October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. If you visit the National Substance Abuse Prevention website you can read more about the program that began in 2011. You can also leave comments with your ideas. This is a huge issue and we all need to be involved.
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Do you have to be drug tested for your employment? More companies that ever are drug testing applicants and employees. It is a serious subject. But drug test cheaters can be a very funny and inventive bunch. Watch this video of some of the devices that drug test cheaters have tried.
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On October 1, 2015, anyone over the age of 21 can purchase recreational marijuana at the medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon. The Oregon Health Authority is setting up the regulations until the Oregon Liquor Commission takes over in October, 2016. If you are an employer in Oregon its time to update your drug and alcohol
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Have you heard about the latest drug making its way across the country? This drug causing problems is Flakka. Florida has had 33 people die from the drug in less than a year. CBS did a story on it last month. Read it here. Flakka is a very scary drug and if you suspect your
