WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans are using illegal drugs on the job these days but drug use is growing among workers at medium-sized companies, according to a new study released Wednesday by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, which questioned 7,957 households, found that companies with more then 25 workers and fewer then 500 saw substance abusers grow from 5 percent of their work force in 1994 to 8 percent in 1997. [continues 397 words]
WASHINGTON -- Fewer Americans are using illegal drugs on the job these days, but drug use is growing among workers at medium-sized companies, according to a study released Wednesday by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Companies with more than 25 workers and fewer than 500 saw substance abusers grow from 5 percent of their work force in 1994 to 8 percent in 1997, the study indicated. The costs of this increased use are multiplying, experts said, because many of these companies don't have rehabilitation and related services to help workers fight drug problems. [continues 428 words]
Man caught with trailer load of pot found not guilty The defendant claimed he never got out of the cab when the second load -- the pot -- was put on the truck. Defense attorneys David Boone and Michael Morchower have done enough drug cases to know this one sounded like a loser. In March -- on a Friday the 13th no less -- their client had been caught on Interstate 81 in Wythe County driving a tractor trailer loaded with just under a ton of marijuana. [continues 1037 words]
Javier Cruz had worked as a government informant since his drug arrest in 1991. This May, he said he was "in the jungles of Colombia" and not coming back to face prison. When drug kingpin Javier Cruz is sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, he probably will get slapped with life without parole. That's because federal prosecutors now say they won't be giving him any official credit for helping them arrest and convict a long list of fellow cocaine dealers. [continues 533 words]
Life term is likely for Cruz Javier Cruz will not be in court Friday for his sentencing. This May, he said he was "in the jungles of Colombia" and not coming back to face prison. When drug kingpin Javier Cruz is sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, he probably will get slapped with life without parole. That's because federal prosecutors now say they won't be giving him any official credit for helping them arrest and convict a long list of fellow cocaine dealers. [continues 528 words]
