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Nationwide drug testing is producing fewer positive tests.? Does this mean that employee drug use is down, or that there are fewer employees?
See article below.
USATODAY.com – Workers’ positive drug tests decrease.
Mike
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Hawaii, at least may be changing its tune about random testing of teachers, if I am reading the article below correctly.? I hope so. Random testing gone awry begins to create an assumption of guilt.? If teachers must be tested, then so should politicians, politicians aides and so on.? How about bankers and [...]

While I am more of a personal responsibility advocate, for some naltrexone has been helpful in reamining alcohol free.
An article in New Scientist discusses the efficacy of a new long acting Naltrexone injection. which the patient would receive monthly.? Daily Naltrexone pills have been available for a while now.? This is a new twist.
How well [...]

Links for today –

via @sciencedaily – “Terrorist Attacks Provoke Surge In Alcohol And Drug Use” http://hub.tm/?jdPOH #

It’s chalenging enough to stay resilient in hard times.? If alcohol has become an option for coping in the past. chances are good it will remain so.

RT @Mike_Kirkeberg On Heroin Addiction http://bit.ly/nODgD #

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Conventional wisdom says “change one habit at a time.”
Does science bear this out?

via @sciencedaily – “Smoking Interferes With Recovery From Alcohol-related Brain Damage” http://hub.tm/?APwmA #

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