Candy or Cannabis?
Is it candy or cannabis? Oregon Poison Center says more kids are mistaking edibles for common household snacks
Click here to be directed to the KPTV story, including comments from our own MRO Dr. Matthew Noble, MD.
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Pot Use Is Up!
While teen drug use is down, pot use is up and so are overexposure cases Click here to be redirected to the KATU article with an interview with Dr. Matthew Noble, MD.
Prescription Drug Abuse in the Workplace
Are you concerned about how to address prescription drug abuse in the workplace? The misuse of prescription drugs (psychotherapeutics) is at epidemic proportions in the US. Current data indicate that we produce enough hydrocodone and oxycodone per year in this county to supply every citizen with 24 tabs of hydrocodone and 40 tabs of oxycodone.
Why Test Your Employees?
If you aren’t testing your employees, you’re probably losing money. Estimates are that a single drug using employee costs his employer between $9,000 and $21,000 per year. The cost to enroll one employee in a random testing program in our system is less than $100 per year.*
Longview school bus driver arrested on suspicion of DUI
Longview, WA. On Thursday afternoon (September 12th, 2019) a School Bus Driver was arrested on suspicion of driving a school bus while under the influence. See the entire Fox12 story here.
Ohio Man Arrested With Large Amount of Marijuana – Klamath County, OR.
News release from Oregon State Police – published by ‘FlashAlert’ on 10.24.19 at 12:38 pm. On October 23rd at about 3:00pm, an Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper stopped a 2015 Chevy Pickup on Hwy 140E near milepost 15 for a traffic violation. During the traffic stop the trooper obtained probable cause to search the…
USA Today Article Discusses Two Sides of MJ/Alcohol Debate
The safeness of marijuana when compared to alcohol has become front and center since the President’s comment comparing the two. Here’s an article from USA Today that gives the two sides of the debate from a medical perspective. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/20/marijuana-more-dangerous-alcohol-president-obama/4660555/