The Skaggs Case: A Last Update
...he did purchase and ingest the illegal opioids. He didn’t realize they contained fentanyl.
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The Skaggs Case – an update
Would it be reasonable to expect an employer to recognize when their employee was engaged in conduct such as Kay’s? Or was that outside of their role as employer, and their responsibility for his actions?
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Those Pesky Narcosubs
…surviving an ocean voyage in these vehicles is far from guaranteed. And if the sub sinks, the cargo sinks with it.
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Drugged Driving: an update
One thing is completely clear: Cannabis use does contribute to driver impairment, and increases risk for accidents and fatalities.
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The Scottish Problem
As for treatment, the best estimate I could find was that 40% of Scotland’s chronic drug users were enrolled in programs, as opposed to 60% in England.
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Will It Ever End?
…he had become a prime target for exploitation by some truly awful people.
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A drug test hits the headlines…
…simply holding up a sheet of paper with numbers purporting to be the results of a drug test, may possibly be the least reliable way to demonstrate continuing abstinence from drug use.
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Where is that street, anyway?
Something that would never happen in reality. So why pretend it does, just for effect?
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A Bad Test Result
I don’t know how often we question the findings, but it makes me think that a critical examination of our own procedures, say on a quarterly and yearly basis, might be a heck of a good idea.
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Pot Sales on the Rez
The state’s process, the article suggests, is prohibitively expensive, well beyond the means of any ordinary tribe member. In effect, limiting the cannabis trade to the equivalent of big business interests.
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One County, Two Big Problems
It turns out that the local Mennonite community in Seminole has also been a regular stop on a drug smuggling route that runs from northern Mexico all the way to Canada. The smugglers: Yep, other Mennonites.
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Special Dispensations
Like most people who work with addictions, I’ve heard stories over the years, mostly from offenders themselves, about police officers accepting money to have DWI charges dropped.
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Conflict in Cali
Here’s a test: Change the label to avoid any mention of THC content. Now, how many customers continue to seek out and purchase it?
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