AI Robots Serving Alcohol: The End of Human Bartenders? | Health Street AI-powered robots are raising questions about safety, privacy, and the future of human bartenders.
What is Employment Drug Testing | Health Street Learn more about employment drug testing and what are the most common drug testing methods.
6 Reasons to Drug Test Employees | Health Street Learn 6 reasons to drug test employees legally. Boost productivity and ensure a safe workplace with employee drug testing. Stay compliant.
Drug Test During Divorce | Drug Testing | Health Street If you are helping your client negotiate a child custody case, a drug or alcohol testing agreement must be included. Here’s what should be in the agreement.
Marijuana Myths and Facts - Health Street Popular culture and the media actively perpetuate many myths about marijuana addiction. Unwinding at the end of a day by smoking a joint just to chill with your friends is widely considered harmless. After all, marijuana is natural - it is not really a chemical drug, is it? You cannot get addicted to something natural...or can you? Today, marijuana has become the world's most popular casual use drug. According to the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) report, there were more than 22.2 million users in the past month. Furthermore, 4.176 million people were recorded as being addicted to marijuana in America alone.
Miami Hit Hard By Heroin - Health Street These days Miami, Florida is filled with far more than the sound of the beach, music coming from Little Havana and the sound of car horns honking at the never ending traffic. In fact, it's filled with the sound of tourniquets being snapped around the arms of addicts while they fill their needles with heroin.
Rising Heroin Abuse in Tampa - Health Street At present, the entire nation is being swept by a heroin epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of heroin-related deaths has quadrupled in the last decade. Having said that, it will probably come as no surprise that yet another city in the nation is battle a heroin epidemic. Today we head back to sunny Florida to take a trip down the slippery heroin laced slope that many residents of Tampa are trying to navigate.
The Most Addictive Drug on Earth - Health Street There are a lot of drugs circulating through the drug using community. Some drugs cause more concern than others due to the high probability that users may become addicted. This prompted us to do some digging in order to find out what is the most addictive drug. Take a look at what what we learned!
Vermont: America’s Heroin Capital - Health Street Once upon a time in the little state of Vermont was most known for Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, maple syrup, dairy farms, liberal views and of course, Bernie Sanders. Unfortunately, the Green Mountain State is swiftly becoming known for something a lot less pleasant than its previous claims to fame and has even earned a new nickname along the way. These days Vermont is being called the "America's Heroin Capital" thanks to the out of control use of the drug and its devastating effects.
Delray Beach PD to Use Naloxone - Health Street Naloxone is a nasal mist that has been proven very effective during the current battle being waged across the country as more and more drug users turn to heroin for a cheap, easy to acquire way to get high. The implementation of this new overdose protocol can't come at a better time with 51 overdoses documented already this year and 3-4 calls currently coming in a day in Delray Beach.
Los Angeles: Drug Problem in La La Land - Health Street Los Angeles may be known as the City of Angels, but the drug problems taking over are far from heavenly.
Meth Addiction in Bakersfield - Health Street Bakersfield has been listed as one of the most miserable cities in America and is often referred to as the Armpit of California due to its poor educational system, air pollution and most of all, the intense methamphetamine problem taking hold of its residents.
Equine Therapy Helps Addicts Recover - Health Street Addicts are learning to giddy-up as part of their recovery process through equine therapy sessions.
Citing Drug Testing Fraud, Cigna Pulls Out of FL - Health Street Open enrollment begins on November 1 through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, but Cigna pulled out at the last minute due to drug testing fraud.
Drug Use in San Antonio, TX - Health Street Most of us think of cowboys, historic landmarks and southern charm when we hear about San Antonio, Texas. However, there is far more to this large city than meets the eye as drug use and addiction rates continue to rise.
Is Alabama Drug Testing New Moms? - Health Street New mothers in Alabama are facing jail time and losing custody of their newborn children after being drug tested without their knowledge or consent. Is this testing method legal and do these women have any rights?
Ohio Deaths Due To Blue Drop Heroin - Health Street Ohio is currently in the grips of the very powerful and very dangerous substance known as 'blue drop' heroin. This new hybrid substance mixes heroin with fentanyl, packing a powerful enough punch to send users to the ER and even the morgue.
CVS to Stock Overdose-Antidote Naloxone - Health Street CVS pharmacies in 14 states will now stock the overdose-antidote medication, naloxone, and make it available without a prescription. Could this be the key to reducing the amount of overdose deaths each year?
Heroin replacing painkiller use in Houston - Health Street The flow of painkillers onto the Houston streets has been choked off by the DEA, driving up prices. But we're flooded with cheaper and more abundant heroin, so users are making the easy decision to switch over, more and more often.
EtG Hair Alcohol Testing - Health Street You know how some people keep track of how many drinks they have each night in their head? Well, your hair also keeps track of your alcohol consumption, and remembers it for 90 days.
Krokodil Drug Effects | Health Street Introducing a narcotic that actually eats your flesh. Desomorphine, street name krokodil, is a freakish synthetic opiod right out of a horror movie. Although relatively new in the U.S., this drug has been destroying lives abroad for years, mostly in Russia, where it kills an estimated 30,000 people a year.
Methamphetamines Effects on The Body | Health Street Breaking Bad, the critically acclaimed TV series, endeavored to present scientifically accurate information about methamphetamines; here is a summary of the facts.
Methadone: Recovery from Heroin | Health Street What Is Methadone? Sometimes labeled as a dangerous narcotic, Methadone is actually an opioid pain reliever, similar to morphine. When taken legally, Methadone is perscribed to people addicted to heroin or other harsh narcotics to relieve the "high" associated with addiction, and thus the physical and psychological pain that comes with it.
