This Saturday is National Drug Take Back Day and the DEA is urging people to get rid of unused and expired prescription medications. The Drug Enforcement Agency sets both a spring and fall takeback day for people to get rid of their old medications. During the last spring takeback day, law enforcement agencies collected 335 tons of pills nationwide. Ohio had the 3rd highest amount, behind Wisconsin and Texas, collecting more than 41 tons of old prescription medication.

Medical marijuana dispensaries  around the state are expected to get approval on Tuesday to begin selling both medical marijuana and to people over 21 for recreational use.

May 17, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine: (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that nearly three dozen local drug task forces in Ohio are receiving state support for their work to disrupt the drug trade and promote substance use awareness, prevention, and recovery. More than $2.1 million in grants from Governor DeWine’s RecoveryOhio Law Enforcement Fund will be awarded to 35 existing drug task forces to help officers identify high-level drug traffickers, dismantle large drug trafficking organizations, interrupt the flow of money and drugs from international cartels, and prevent the sale of illegal narcotics.

It's a complicated document with many layers but one all employers should have on record. A drug-free workplace policy. A recent survey by "Working Partners" showed that only 1 out of 3 businesses had a policy that was more than one page or less. It also showed many small businesses with 25 or fewer employees didn't have a policy. Tuesday wrapped up a series of seminars for local businesses to address the issue of creating or revising a drug-free workplace policy.