A CDC analysis of death certificate date from the states showed that despite the spiking heroin overdose fatality rate, twice as many people died from prescription opioid overdoses in those states during 2012.
DEA started this in September 2010. Its eighth day, April 26, 2014, resulted in 390 tons of pills being brought to more than 6,000 collection sites, meaning 4.1 million pounds of prescription medications have been collected to date. The most recent collection day took place last month.
The agency has increased staffing and resources to respond to medical practitioners serving Texas patients who require prescriptions for hydrocodone combination products, which are being moved Oct. 6 from classification as a Schedule III drug to more-restrictive Schedule II class.
The study shows an increase in the use of potentially impairing medications.
This is the first time in more than a decade that it has increased, according to the company's Drug Testing Index™ analysis of 8.5 million workplace drug tests. The data were released Sept. 8.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the new policy Sept. 8, saying it will help save lives and prevent misuse of prescription medications.
Enacting a clear drug testing policy to eliminate workplace substance abuse is an important step toward maintaining a safe work environment.
An employer who takes the view that Friday night use of marijuana is none of his concern will begin to see ramifications when impairment on Monday morning endangers workplace safety.
The 30th Annual National VPPPA Conference kicks off Aug. 25 with pre-conference workshops at the Gaylord National Convention Center and offers a stellar educational program through Aug. 28.
SAMHSA's latest report shows a 10 percentage increase from 2006 to 2012.
Acting Chairman Christopher Hart said investigators wanted to look more closely at pilots and drug use.
He urged federal law enforcement agencies to train and equip personnel who may interact with someone overdosing on opioids.
Boat operators under the influence of alcohol are 10 times more likely to die in a boating accident than are sober operators, Aux. David Glaser explained.
"FedEx is innocent of the charges brought today by the Department of Justice. We will plead not guilty. We will defend against this attack on the integrity and good name of FedEx and its employees," FedEx's senior vice president of marketing and communications, Patrick Fitzgerald, said in a statement issued after the Justice Department announced the indictment was returned by a San Francisco grand jury.
In a letter to DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart, Sen. John Hoeven cites data from the North Dakota Attorney General's Office showing drug crimes are up 19.5 percent from last year. At the same time, OSHA has launched an enforcement emphasis program focused on the state's oil and gas and construction industries.
The July Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine looked into the relationship between work failure and drinking.
The airline allegedly violated DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations.
There is no health reason that can explain why health care providers in the highest-prescribing states wrote almost three times as many opioid painkiller prescriptions as their counterparts in the lowest-prescribing state.
The agency has set a June 11 public listening session to solicit input about the regulations, which last were updated in 1987. Stakeholders say some of the current consent requirements make it difficult for new types of health care organizations to share substance abuse treatment information.
This report is welcome news, but overall, the numbers have not improved in the past 15 years.