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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