by TSS, Inc. | Mar 8, 2024 | Substance Use, Workplace Safety
Drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace is harmful for everyone. Substance use can impair a worker’s ability to make cognitive decisions, emotions, actions, etc. and you never know how someone will behave under the influence. Most importantly, the safety of the...
by TSS, Inc. | Dec 5, 2023 | Drug Screening, Substance Use, Workplace Safety
According to the latest statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), problems with substance use and addiction continue to grow in the United States. The new data, based on responses to SAMHSA’s annual National Survey on Drug...
by TSS, Inc. | Aug 22, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Substance Use
A note from our CEO Over the last 20 years, a sharp increase in drug overdoses, and hundreds of thousands of senseless overdose deaths, have created a critical public health concern in the United States and around the world. The data is alarming. From 1999 to 2017,...
by TSS, Inc. | May 3, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Substance Use
Over the last months, we have repeatedly shared information about xylazine or “tranq”, a powerful non-opioid veterinary sedative that is emerging as a deadly threat in the illicit drug scene in the United States, and caused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency...
by TSS, Inc. | Mar 7, 2023 | Featured, Substance Use
A non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer called xylazine, also known as “tranq”, is emerging as a deadly threat in the illicit drug scene in the United States. People are often exposed to xylazine knowingly or unknowingly when it is combined with other illicit drugs such...
by TSS, Inc. | Mar 6, 2023 | Featured, Substance Use, Workplace Safety
This article by Keith Ward of Employer Solutions at Quest Diagnostics is reposted with permission from the National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association website. A recently published peer-reviewed study generated headlines with the finding that cannabis users were...
by TSS, Inc. | Dec 6, 2022 | Community Safety, Featured, Substance Use
Did you know that in December an average of 25 people a day die in impaired driving accidents? Holidays are about celebrating the season with loved ones. However, the festivities also increase the chances that a driver will get behind the wheel under the...
by TSS, Inc. | Oct 7, 2022 | Featured, Substance Use, Teen Drug Use
October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. The efforts of many organizations, professionals and individuals to prevent young people from starting to misuse substances are invaluable and make a powerful difference. But what happens when you are past the...
by TSS, Inc. | Sep 5, 2022 | Substance Use, Wellness
Substance use disorder happens everywhere in every community and the impact is devastating for so many families. But there are also stories of recovery made possible through the dedication of families, professionals and organizations dedicated to helping individuals...
by TSS, Inc. | Dec 9, 2021 | Community Safety, Substance Use
People who use alcohol or drugs and drive put everyone on the roads at risk. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, every day, 29 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This is one death...
