101 on Underage Drinking

Smoking Most Prevalent Mode of Lifetime Marijuana Use Among Adults; 30% Report Consuming in Edibles and 10% Report Vaporizing

December 7, 2015 0

Slightly more than one-third (35%) of adults reported ever using marijuana in 2014, according to data from a nationally representative consumer panel survey. Among those adults, smoking was reported as the most prevalent mode of [...]
Employers Can Fire Medical Marijuana Patients for Private, Off-Duty Use, Colo. Supreme Court Rules

June 26, 2015 0

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled employers can fire workers for using medical marijuana, even if they are not impaired at work. A quadriplegic medical marijuana patient was fired by Dish Network in 2010 for using [...]
Young children’s exposure to marijuana sharply increased in last decade!

June 18, 2015 0

Debates about legalizing marijuana have focused on crime rates, economic benefits, and health effects among adults. But a study published today from researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital shows that the risk to young children of [...]

Kaiser Program Leads to Huge Reduction in Vicodin and Oxycontin Prescriptions

May 6, 2013 0

A 2-year Kaiser Permanente program that teaches doctors how to safely prescribe pain medication. The program has significantly reduced the number of prescriptions for pain relievers like OxyContin and Vicodin. Doctors learn facts about narcotics [...]
Employers Debate Whether to Allow E-Cigarettes in the Workplace

January 23, 2014 0

Companies are struggling with the question of whether to allow employees to use e-cigarettes in the workplace, according to The Wall Street Journal. Employers want to encourage workers to quit smoking regular cigarettes, but are [...]
Compliance Checks for 2016

June 23, 2016 0

The end of the school year brings with it memorable events such as Prom and Graduation. Unfortunately, with these events also come concerns about underage drinking. Throughout this season, businesses throughout Lake County saw teens [...]
Prescription Drugs More Deadly Than Car Accidents, Guns, and Suicide

June 9, 2014 0

America, we’ve got a problem: More than 100 people die each day in the U.S. because of prescription drugs. America is in the throes of a prescription drug epidemic. More people die every day from that addiction than [...]
Lunch Time Tweet of the Day

August 8, 2013 0

In 2009, an estimated 10.5 million people age 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs in the previous year. #FOTD — Lake County DFC (@LakeCountyDFC) August 5, 2013