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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day – April 30th

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day – April 30th 2016

Don’t forget to incorporate National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day into your workplace this year. You still have a little over three weeks to get the word out. The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Here are some resources and ideas to help you get going…

 

Resources:

  • Download free posters here

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  • Locate a collection site near you here
  • 500 Walgreen’s stores participate in take back program. .

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Ideas for workplace implementation:

  1. Mass email
  2. Workplace newsletter
  3. Display posters in employee common areas
  4. Include flyer with payroll documents/checks
  5. Encourage supervisors to discuss with employees in a group
  6. Incorporate drug free workplace training in your organization

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Drugged Driving

Drugged Driving

The Governor’s Highway Safety Administration (GHSA) recently released a “state’s guide” to drugged driving report prepared by Dr. James Hedlund. The report gleams data from the last 20 years and seeks to provide states with action items they can take to address the risiing issue of drugged driving. The GHSA assembled an panel of experts that included state officials, researchers and national organizations that guided the project.

AtHandTraining took a look at the report to draw out some of the more relevant information that workplace safety managers might find interesting. You can check out the entire 51 page report here however here are some highlights below:

Fatal Injuries

  • NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) reported that drugs were present in 40% of the fatally-injured drivers with a known test result, almost the same level as alcohol.
  • NHTSA’s 2013–2014 roadside survey found drugs in 22% of all drivers both on weekend nights and on weekday days
  • In 2013, 62.6 of fatally injured drivers were tested for drugs. 30.3% tested positive for a drug on their “FARS List (Fatality Analysis Reporting System – a list of some 430 drugs)”…of that 30.3% . 34.7 tested positive for marijuana in some form – about the same level of alcohol. 9.7 tested positive for amphetamines.

Road Side Survey

  • In 2013-14, NHTSA conducted a roadside survey of drivers during weekday days and weekend nights
  • Other stats:

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  • 44% of the drivers (Washington 2014) reported that they had driven within two hours of using marijuana

 

Drug & Alcohol Use in the Population

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Marijuana and Driving

  • In experimental settings, marijuana impairs psychomotor skills and cognitive functions associated with driving, including vigilance, time and distance perception, lane tracking, motor coordination, divided attention tasks, and reaction time. (1)
  •  Drivers may attempt to compensate by driving more slowly and increasing their following distance (2)

(1) (Compton and Berning, 2015; Hartman and Huestis, 2013; Kelly-Baker, 2014).

(2) (Hartman and Huestis, 2013)

Drug Use and Accident Risk Levels

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The Global Drug Survey 2015 findings

The Global Drug Survey 2015 findings

Wish you had time to survey 100,000 people about their drug use preferences? Well, that’s just what Dr. Adam R Winstock, Founder Director GDS was able to accomplish in November-December 2014.  In total, 100,000 people spent 7.5 years worth of time providing information. As usual, we’ve read through their report and have summarized information that has relevancy to the drug free workplace.

Some highlights/takeaways…

CANNABIS:

  • People are not smoking the “weed of the 70’s” They are overwhelmingly ingesting high potency marijuana.

 

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BUTANE HASH OIL METHODS OF USE:

  • The majority of people are smoking or vaping has oil (super potent THC)

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SYNTHETIC CANNABIS:

  • 1 in 8 users who have ingested synthetic cannabis over 100X has had to seek emergency medical services (30x higher than traditional THC users).
  • Addiction: 60% of those using synthetic cannabis 50+ times reported withdrawal symptoms

 GENERAL DRUGS/ALCOHOL

  1. Globally 1.2% of all drug  or alcohol users sought emergency medical treatment

COCAINE

  • Most users (80%) of Cocaine use less than 10 times in the last 12 months.

POTENCY & PROBLEMS

  • 1.2% of drinkers sought emergency medical services in the last 12 months
  • 1.0% THC users sought emergency medical services in the last 12 months (further indication that high potency THC is prevalent)

MDMA

  • There was a tripling in the number of people seeking emergency medical treatment between 2013 and 2015 (.03% to .09%). This is a possible indicator of the production of higher potency MDMA pills.

PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION

  • US is the biggest consumer and abuser of prescriptions opioids in the world consuming 99% of the world’s production of  oxycontin and hydrocodone
  • Only 50% had been warned by their physician about the potential additive effects

 

 OBTAINING ILLEGAL DRUGS (DARK NET)

  • More and more, people are turning to the “Dark Net” to purchase illegal drugs. Although it exposes them to higher risk of losing money due to fraudulent transactions, it decreases their exposure to all the negative aspects of purchasing face-to-face (violence, being caught by police, revealing identity, etc.)
  • 8% of U.S. drug users have purchased drugs via the Dark Net
  • People who purchase through the Dark Net are experimenting with more substances

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