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Indiana Driver with Blood Alcohol Concentration of .52% Causes Massive Collision

According to police in Ft. Wayne, Indiana a driver with a  Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of .52% was the cause of a 4 car collision which injured several people. Sgt. Mark Brooks of the Fort Wayne Police Department said, "That's one of the higher numbers I have seen over my time at the police department."  Of course brooks was talking about the percentage of alcohol in the driver's system. Click here for multi-media coverage of the accident. | The Office of National Drug Control Policy claims that drugs and alcohol cost taxpayers more than $300 billion annually in preventable health care costs, extra law enforcement, auto crashes, crime and lost job productivity. Mobile Medical Corporation's Random Drug and Alcohol Testing programs can help to stem the costs of "working" under the influence. Pittsburgh, PA based Mobile Medical Corporation (MMC) is an industry leader in providing customized workplace drug and alcohol testing, on-site medical ser

Federal Court Rules In Favor of Walmart in Medical Marijuana Case

A federal court ruled that Walmart could terminate employment of those who test positive for medical marijuana.  Recently Walmart exercised an option to fire an employee who injured himself on the job and was ordered for mandatory drug testing.  The employee, Joseph Casias, was terminated for testing positive for marijuana.  Casias's oncologist suggested that he use medical marijuana to ease the pain from his ongoing medical disease. Mobile Medical Corporation , a Pittsburgh drug testing firm closely monitors all headlines and laws relating to medical marijuana and employment testing.  Click here for Mobile Medical Corporation's  substance abuse testing medical marijuana archives .  Currently 17 states and the District of Columbia allow medicinal marijuana: Alaska Arizona California Colorado Connecticut DC Delaware Hawaii Maine Michigan Montana Nevada New Jersey New Mexico Oregon Rhode Island Vermont Washington Pittsburgh drug testing firm Mobi

Construction Executives Choose Romney over Obama in ENR Presidential Poll

Obama or Romney?   ENR:  "Which candidate is better for the construction industry? With the the 2012 Presidential Election only a few months away Engineering News-Record  Magazine unveiled an election poll asking "Which candidate would be better for the construction industry?" ENR questioned 378 construction executives and here are the results: 71.2% said Romney was the better choice 14.8% said Obama was the better choice 14.0% declined to answer. Reasoning surrounding the choices include: Claims that Obama is anti-business Others questioned Romney's leadership ability An unnamed ENR presidential survey participant explained, "The public sector will see more work under Obama, and the private sector will see more work under Romney." To read more about the ENR poll - click here ! Mobile Medical Corporation (MMC) , a Pittsburgh based drug testing and on-site industrial medical services provider to the construction industry says stay tun

Prescription Painkillers Overwhelming Oklahoma

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the State of Oklahoma needs an intervention fast!  The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Director Darrell Weaver said, "The state ranks the highest in the nation for nonmedical use of painkillers, and is among the top states for drug overdose death rates and amount of prescription painkillers sold per 10,000 people."  The number of drug -related deaths in Oklahoma climbed from 344 in 2001 to a decade later.  Officials say 80 percent of those deaths are from prescription drugs. A prescription painkiller that is at the forefront of the prescription drug war is OxyContin.   OxyContin is a narcotic drug that was approved by FDA for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. OxyContin contains Oxycodone HCl, an opioid agonist with an addiction potential similar to that of morphine. The pharmacological effects of OxyContin, a brand name formulation of the Schedule II narcotic Oxycodone, make it attractive to abusers as it offers reliable

Mobile Medical Corporation (MMC) Providing On-Site Medical Services for the University Medical Center Project in New Orleans

Pittsburgh, PA - Mobile Medical Corporation (MMC) is currently providing on-site indistrial medical services for Willis at the new University Medical Center project in New Orleans, Louisina.  Other major players on the construction project include SKANSKA, MAPP Construction, LLC, Jacobs and NICI.  MMC will be responsible for providing first responder medical treatment, biological monitoring and other administrative functions throughout the enire construction project.  MMC's Operations Manager, Gregg Latsko stated that, "He is excited and energized to provide Mobile Medical Corporation's brand of top-shelf industrial medical services to such an important project on both a local and regional scale." About Mobile Medical Corporation: Mobile Medical Corporation (MMC) is a certified Woman Business Enterprise founded and incorporated in 1990, by Cynthia J. Latsko. MMC provides solution based substance abuse testing and on-site first-aid and medical services for the