Bimonthly News Update

MUST READ: PDFNJ Exhibiting at the NJ Landscape Contractors Association Expo

PDFNJ will be exhibiting at the NJ Landscape Contractors Association Expo on February 28, providing technical assistance to businesses interested updating their drug-free workplace policies and procedures. Click here for details about the expo.

• Jersey City cops file motion to dismiss federal lawsuit in dispute over off-duty cannabis use

Five Jersey City police officers who were fired for off-duty cannabis use in spite of state law that allows it have filed a motion to dismiss the city’s federal lawsuit that attempts to ban officers from using marijuana products.

• CDC Warns That 'Gas Station Heroin' May Contain Synthetic Pot

The CDC report centered on a 2023 investigation of 17 adults in New Jersey who had severe reactions after consuming Neptune’s Fix or similar products containing tianeptine. Thirteen were hospitalized in intensive care as a result.

• Construction Industry grapples with its top killer: drug overdose

Construction workers are more likely to die of overdose than workers in any other occupation, forcing the industry to rethink its approach to safety

• Unprecedented public health crisis: Pioneering research studies links between workplaces, opioid harms

A Canadian Study examines occupational patterns in opioid-related harms and underscores the urgent need for intervention strategies tailored to the working population.

• Inspectors keying in on tractor protection systems, drug and alcohol possession during road check

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck is scheduled for May 14-16 this year with a focus on two areas -- tractor protection systems and alcohol and controlled substance possession. 

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