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MUST READ: Substance Use, Safety, & the Modern Workplace: Why Employers Can’t Afford a Reactive Approach

Workplace safety conversations often focus on visible hazards—machinery, ergonomics, or environmental risk. But one of the most significant threats to safety and productivity is far less obvious: substance use.

• What Rescheduling Weed Could Mean for the Workplace

The decision to reschedule medical marijuana isn’t expected to have a major impact on employers for now, but it could pave the way for more employees to request accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

• US Overdose Deaths Fell Again in 2025, But Some Worry About Policy and Drug Supply Changes

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year—about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data, but health and law enforcement officials in recent months have been sounding alarms about newer drugs that were increasingly detected in 2025.

• New Study Shows Limitations of Naloxone in Reversing Overdoses from Powerful Synthetic Opioids

A new study exposes challenges in reversing opioid overdoses with naloxone when potent synthetic drugs like fentanyl and sufentanil are involved.

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