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Drug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Top 100,000 Annually

July 13, 2022November 17, 2021 by luispladano

Drug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Top 100,000 Annually For First Time Not surprisingly, U.S. drug deaths in 2021 reached a record high over 100,000. Largely driven by opioids usage and fueled by pandemic stress, deaths by overdose are on a troubling rise. Here is what you should know. And do. Contributing to that staggering ... Read more

A Growing Epidemic Inside The Pandemic

July 19, 2022October 27, 2021 by ShannonS

CDC and DEA Cite a Growing Drug Overdose Epidemic Inside the COVID Pandemic Record drug deaths create new and urgent challenges. Drug deaths in 2020 concern anyone who, like me, is a bit of a data geek. The most recently released CDC and DEA data paints a picture of a persistent epidemic. Beyond that, ... Read more

Cocaine and Fentanyl Don’t Discriminate When They Kill.

September 27, 2022October 19, 2021 by luispladano

Cocaine and Fentanyl Don't Discriminate When They Kill Athlete. Drug user. Casualty. Cocaine and fentanyl are a deadly mix. And in the case of Jimmy Hayes, we are reminded that it has no boundaries and does not discriminate when it kills. Jimmy Hayes, by all accounts, was an All-American boy, growing up with a passion ... Read more

Counterfeit pills threat leads DEA to issue alert

July 14, 2022September 29, 2021 by luispladano

DEA Alerts Public To Counterfeit Pill Threat Rising Supply and Rising Death Rate prompt a rare alert We are forwarding this alert regarding fentanyl because counterfeit pills-like counterfeit oxycodone pills made from it are the most urgent drug threat in the workplace today. In fact, the data we collect suggests that we may already be ... Read more

CDC Estimates 93,000 drug overdose deaths in 2020

July 19, 2022September 17, 2021 by luispladano

CDC Estimates 93,000 drug overdose deaths in 2020 "Drug overdose deaths 2020" may sound glib. However, CDC data makes it official that 2020 eclipsed all previous records. As the Commonwealth Fund reports, with 93,331 dead the year was bad by any measure. Not surprisingly this comes on the heels of records in the two years ... Read more

Fentanyl Epidemic? 2021 could be the start.

July 19, 2022June 3, 2021 by ShannonS

Fentanyl epidemic? Probably. 2020 overdose deaths give a clue. Is a fentanyl epidemic taking shape? An article from this week's New York Times paints an excellent picture of how quickly the drug ravages a community. Fentanyl deaths and overdoses are on the rise. The message is clear that fentanyl is the dominant drug threat for ... 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

Safety Has No Secrets: Psychemedics Overview

January 27, 2021August 19, 2020 by ShannonS

Prologue to "In Safety There Are No Secrets": How hair testing works. In this 10-minute video, Psychemedics Executive Vice President Charlie Doucot explains the Science behind hair testing used by our three "Safety Has No Secrets" panelists. In this video, you'll learn how it works, why it is the most simple and sanitary drug test ... Read more