luispladano, Author at Psychemedics

Buying illegal drugs online?

June 21, 2022May 10, 2021 by luispladano

COVID brought threats beyond a virus. Easier than you (want to) think. Through the past twelve months, Mexican cartels have flooded the U.S. market with counterfeit versions of medications. The risk? These counterfeit versions often are fentanyl, pressed and stamped to resemble Xanax, Percocet or a host of other popular "lifestyle" drugs. And they are ... Read more

Will your testing program find the “Invisible Opioid”?

October 4, 2021April 6, 2021 by luispladano

Will your testing program find the "Invisible Opioid"? If you only use a 5-panel drug test, you won't see danger hiding in plain sight. > Introduction 2021 is a year to gaze into our drug-testing crystal ball. As the pandemic began to gather momentum in early 2020, with a population largely isolated and out of ... Read more

COVID Border Closures Thwart Drug raffickers.

July 19, 2022January 5, 2021 by luispladano

COVID Border Closures Thwart Drug Traffickers. As in other businesses, drug traffickers have had to adapt their games to survive when COVID-19 impacted their normal means of supplying America's substance abusers. Unlike other businesses, they have been completely free of governance, able to make their own rules, and turn on a dime as conditions change. ... Read more