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Prescription-Drug Abuse Grows Greatly Leading To Danger

March 26, 2010April 29, 2010 - by Adrian Fisher

Awfully, prescription drug overdose deaths in Florida raised by 77 percent from 2003 to 2008. Abuse of prescription drugs influences not only the users, but also will have impact on their family, friends, co-workers and others. The misuse and abuse of prescription drugs not only ruins lives, but also raises criminal activity, increases costs associated with treatment and medical costs, and even results in Medicaid fraud. Most of the people wrongly believe prescription drugs are …

Rangers Manager Ron Washington Tested Positive For Cocaine Last July

March 25, 2010April 29, 2010 - by Majano Luis

Texas Rangers Manager Ron Washington was tested positive for cocaine at the time of the 2009 season. Washington, 57 years old, started promoting drug testing from the time he failed test, which was executed by Major League Baseball in July 2009, and he passed all of his consecutive tests. To support Washington and employ him as manager, the Rangers approved his apology as genuine and also his clarification that this was a previous violation. Washington …

Random alcohol drug testing

March 5, 2010December 11, 2015 - by Jose Barreto

Random drug and alcohol viewing is used by many UK companies to deter the use or mistreatment of illegal drugs and or alcohol by employees within the workplace. There have been a huge number of case studies to demonstrate how efficient random screening is in reducing accidents, absenteeism, ill health, litigation, etc, and as a result it is commonly considered to be best practice, particularly in safety critical environments. After few days a random alcohol …