Testing employees for drugs is important for many reasons. But one reason is significant. Employees under the influence of drugs can injure and kill members of the public and other employees in the workforce. If you are not conducting random drug testing, you will not communicate a clear message to your workforce you will not […]

Marijuana impairment does exist. Recently we wrote a blog post highlighting an organization called NORML NORML is a marijuana advocacy group. We were surprised at the age of the studies (30 years)  they quoted to support their advocacy of marijuana. We are presenting a more recent study, 2016, of the effects of marijuana on a […]

Marijuana legalization advocates are organized and they know what they are doing. One such organization is NORML   “NORML’s mission is to move public opinion sufficiently to legalize the responsible use of marijuana by adults, and to serve as an advocate for consumers to assure they have access to high quality marijuana that is safe, […]

Adult illicit drugs are in our society, in our workplace, in our families. Sounds like an obvious statement? But, it helps to see the actual numbers of users from a well-established study. Why is this important for employers? With so many adult illicit drug users in the country, 26.6 million, you have to assume that […]

Here are some steps that will increase effectiveness of a drug free workplace program that we have seen and heard over the recent years. HAVE A DRUG AND ALCOHOL WORKPLACE PROGRAM. First and most importantly an employer should have a drug and alcohol free workplace program. It is the only way to try to keep […]