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Legal & Legislative Updates

• Colorado Law Trumped by Federal Law

  (September 28, 2015)

  (Fall 2015) The Colorado Supreme Court ruling in June supported the decisions of two lower courts regarding medical marijuana used off-duty. The plaintiff, Brandon Coats, is paraplegic and possesses a […]

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• Changes to DOT Testing Handbook

  (September 28, 2015)

  (Fall 2015) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) has revised its 2010 “What Employers Need to Know About DOT Drug and Alcohol […]

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• Gas Stations Targeted for Synthetic Marijuana Sales

  (July 10, 2015)

  (Summer 2015) The National Association of Attorneys General recently sent a letter of concern to officials of nine major oil companies regarding employees of their gas stations having synthetic marijuana […]

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• Abuse-Deterrent Painkillers

  (July 10, 2015)

  (Summer 2015) During a two-year span since a reformulation made OxyContin more difficult to abuse, overdoses on the drug declined almost 20%. Prescriptions for the drug fell by the same […]

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• Hepatitis C Outbreak Fueled by Needle Sharing

  (July 10, 2015)

  (Summer 2015) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that Hepatitis C infections increased 300% from 2007 to 2012 among younger demographics in rural areas of Virginia, West […]

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