When the public perceives drugs to be dangerous, usage declines. When people perceive them to be less risky, usage increases. It’s logical, but somebody actually studied it and published a report on it. (2012 Monitoring The Future survey) A 2013 Gallup poll finds that 58% of Americans favor legalizing marijuana [...]
Fat vs. Weight My friends Ed and Colleen Reardon at Results 22 taught me a lot about fat: where it comes from and how to get rid of it. They also taught me a new way to think about fat and weight. Not all body weight is equal. Lean tissue (the stuff you need) [...]
In 1988, 13.6% of all workplace drug tests were positive. 1988 is when the Federal Drug-free Workplace Act went into effect, followed by the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 three years later. Deterrence makes a difference. Quest Diagnostics' 2013 Drug Testing Index has tracked drug testing statistics for 20 years now. The study separates statistics [...]
Flunking a pre-employment drug test shows poor judgment—AND you use drugs. After applying, interviewing, and securing the job pending a negative drug test, you still failed. Seriously? The Growing Issue of Failed Drug Tests Wow. Double fail. More and more companies are drug testing—even small companies. And more and more [...]
So let’s do a little educating, and we’ll keep it simple. Think of cholesterol as fat in your blood. (It really isn’t, but the image is helpful—to me, anyway.) Your body needs it, but too much is bad as it builds up on the walls of your blood vessels and [...]
The headline of an August 9 article on reason.com reads, “Chicago Opens First Marijuana Clinic, Despite Total Lack of Actual Legal Marijuana.” The Illinois medical marijuana law kicks in January 1, 2014. The law lists [tippy title =”40 specific conditions”] cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, [...]
On August 1, 2013, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law the “Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act.” Whether you support it or not, it WILL affect the workplace. And not in a good way. The drug testing and HR worlds are buzzing with concern and questions. Many questions. [...]
And 40% of companies don’t have a drug testing policy for pre-employment screening (2010 SHRM survey). Bad idea. In fact, a drug testing policy that includes random testing of existing employees is a better deterrent than pre-employment testing. You can study for the pre-employment test. A couple of months ago, [...]
For MY business, that is! For yours? Not so much. Here’s why it’s good for me: Post-accident testing A key part of any company’s risk management program is to drug test employees immediately following a workplace accident. It’s a simple matter of ruling out (or in) drugs or alcohol as [...]
If you were born between 1945 and 1965, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting tested for hepatitis C (August 2012). Hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States, with an estimated 3.2 million people living with chronic infection. A, B, C...VD? Yes, it's in [...]
