admin The proposed bill would make selling synthetic urine illegal and is an effort to help drug testing companies combat the problem of falsified drug tests. “I’ve always said out of thirty people who walk into my office, at least 5 people have someone else’s urine, and I think that number varies but increases daily,” said … Read more
PITTSBURGH — A California man who spent nearly six years in prison for a 1980s marijuana-trafficking conviction got six months in federal prison for running a company that sold a male prosthetic called the Whizzinator that helped men cheat on drug tests. https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ir6oSjYgEVfVLck6cgpvanl3Lp8wD9EV0S8G1
“Two Burger King customers discovered hydrocodone pills in their sandwiches on February 10, 2010, leading to the arrest of two of the fast-food restaurant employees on Saturday” https://www.newyorkinjurynews.com/2010/02/20/Hydrocodone-pills-found-in-customers-Burger-King-sandwiches-2-men-arrested_201002202537.html
“But around the country today, hundreds – perhaps thousands – of high schoolers are bringing the pot to school, and they’re doing it legally. Not to get stoned but as part of prescribed medical treatment. And they don’t have to tell the school authorities about it.” https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0123/Marijuana-in-the-classroom-Sometimes-it-s-legal
A clue to explain how cocaine becomes addictive has emerged and may lead to new ways to treat the addiction. Research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that an epigenetic mechanism in the brain helps explain cocaine’s addictiveness. Epigenetics is a hot, new branch of science that focuses on changes to gene … Read more
“Last week the NHS’s National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse released figures showing how many teenagers are being treated for drug and alcohol problems in England. Used in tandem with the regional statistics we covered in March, they build a picture of how widespread the drugs problem is for today’s young people.” https://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/dec/30/teenage-drug-alcohol-cannabis-use
“New York’s top court today upheld random drug testing of New York City police officers through hair samples, a method considered much more effective than urine tests. “To ensure sobriety by the department for its own safety and to instill confidence in the community, we wanted to be able to use hair testing,” he said.” … Read more
“Highlighting the broad powers of the New York City police commissioner to set policy, the state’s highest court on Thursday ruled that using human hair samples is acceptable for random drug tests for officers.” https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/court-upholds-police-commissioners-authority-on-discipline/