Hospital Employee Properly Fired for Failure to Disclose Drug Abuse, Third …

Hospital employee properly fired for failure to disclose drug abuse, Third …
On this form, he denied being diagnosed with or treated for alcoholism or drug addiction. After one of his shifts, the security guard went to the emergency room of the hospital where he worked for an eye injury that he believed he had sustained on the job. Read more on Lexology (registration)

STOPP-ing Prescription Drug Abuse
Preventing these deaths should be a national priority, and two measures that could help to reduce these tragedies — the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and the Stop Tampering of Prescription Pills (STOPP) Act — are an excellent … Read more on Huffington Post (blog)

Hampstead Hospital opens post-detox program
New Hampshire has the capacity to serve just 5 percent of the 100,000 people with substance abuse problems with short-term residential treatment programs, according to an official with the Department of Health and Human Services. Recovery Matters is … Read more on Eagle-Tribune