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Marijuana Impairment Innovation:  Launching ZXEREX Safe™ Fit-for-Duty Screening

For Rapid, Cost-Effective Random and For-Cause Impairment Evaluation 

Scottsdale, December 23, 2021. (EINPRESSWIRE).   ZXEREX Safe™ is launching an innovative cloud-based impairment screening solution for high-risk jobs and those where employees interact with the general public.  This exciting technology was invented at Arizona State University and Barrow Neurological Institute.  For 7 straight years, ASU has been ranked No. 1 for Innovation by U.S. News & World Report.   

ZXEREX Safe™ works by detecting temporary neurological impairment related to the use of drugs and fatigue.   The technology was validated at leading medical centers in human trials that resulted in the world’s first oculomotor biosignature for Marijuana intoxication.

This remarkable low-cost impairment takes a minute or two allowing it to be used as often as desired.  With the rapid growth of recreational or medicinal marijuana, ZXEREX Safe™ provides an objective indicator of impairment or intoxication that will serve as a deterrent to employees showing up impaired or becoming impaired on the job.  This screening tool addresses the needs of all employers, including those with zero-tolerance drug policies that led to the need to fire highly skilled workers due to positive urine tests even though the employee were not intoxicated at the time. 

According to Andrew Freedman of Forbes Tate, former Marijuana Czar of the State of Colorado, and a public policy advisor to ZXEREX, “What so impressed me with Zxerex compared to other companies was that they had the rare combination of scientific rigor and go-to-market strategy.”

When combined with an employer’s current safety program, ZXEREX Safe™ will help to reduce workplace injuries and casualty losses, lower absenteeism rates, and increase workplace productivity. 

ZXEREX seeks to help companies create safe, impairment-free workplaces while recognizing the need to respect the employee, support employee retention, and enhance recruiting. 

Please visit our website to learn more about ZXEREX Safe™ and to learn how your company can participate.  For more information, visit ZXEREX CORPORATION at http://www.zxerex.com or email info@zxerex.com or call 1-480-518-9905.

ZXEREX Safe™ Supports Employee Retention with Rapid, Low Cost, Non-invasive, Fit-for-duty Screening

Deters Showing Up at Work Intoxicated or Impaired

Scottsdale, December 13, 2021. (EINPRESSWIRE).  Being fit-for-duty is a critical element of a workplace safety program.  ZXEREX Safe™ is a science-based technology that provides rapid impairment screening, especially for employees with jobs that involve significant workplace risk, and also for jobs where employees need to interact with the general public. 

ZXEREX Safe™ impairment screening takes a minute or two and can be used often, including before, during, or after a work shift.  Until now, employers have had to rely upon a supervisor’s personal observation and saliva or urine test to determine if an employee is drug impaired.  Given the problems of accurately detecting Marijuana impairment, ZXEREX Safe™ enables the employer to add an novel objective finding of intoxication.   Since ZXEREX Safe™ can be used at any time, it will serve as a deterrent to employees who might otherwise show up impaired or become impaired on the job. 

The presence of a drug such as Marijuana in urine or saliva doesn’t necessarily mean that the person is impaired or intoxicated at the time a urine test is performed.  This happens because the drug remains in the body for a long time after use, causing a person to test positive even weeks later without being impaired.  Many employers with zero-tolerance policies have had to discharge highly skilled employees with positive urine drug tests in the absence of actual intoxication at the time.  This problem led to the development of ZXEREX Safe™, a screening technology that identifies temporary neurological impairment.  With the eyes being an extension of the brain, ZXEREX neuroscientists studied the effects of drugs on the brain’s control of voluntary and involuntary eye movements.  The research led to the development of a characteristic drug signature for Marijuana which led to the development of ZXEREX Safe™ impairment screening.  In addition to Marijuana, ZXEREX has been working with researchers at a well-known medical center on a NIH/NIDA grant to develop a characteristic signature for opioid impairment. 

According to Andrew Freedman of Forbes Tate, former Marijuana Czar of the State of Colorado, and a public policy advisor to ZXEREX, “I have heard dozens of pitches about cannabis intoxication tests. Everybody would love to be the company that makes billions off figuring out this public safety and HR problem. What so impressed me with Zxerex compared to other companies was that they had the rare combination of scientific rigor and go-to-market strategy.”

 ZXEREX Safe™ is a cloud-based fit-for-duty technology built by neuroscientists that when combined with a company’s employee safety program, helps to reduce workplace injuries and casualty losses, lower absenteeism rates, and increase workplace productivity. 

ZXEREX is seeking to help companies create safe, impairment-free workplaces, recognizing the need to respect the employee, support employee retention, and recruiting. 

Please visit our website to learn more about ZXEREX Safe™ and to learn how your company can participate.  For more information, visit us at http://www.zxerex.com or email info@zxerex.com or call 1-480-518-9905.

ZXEREX Introduces a Novel Way to Detect Marijuana Impairment in the Workplace

ZXEREX Safe™ deters workers from showing up impaired or using marijuana on the job

Scottsdale, Arizona – December 6, 2021 - ZXEREX Corporation introduces ZXEREX Safe™, a novel screening technology that identifies detects impairment from Marijuana use for the workplace, just in time as more states approve recreational marijuana use. 

ZXEREX Safe™ identifies the temporary effect of Marijuana on centers of the brain control of very small voluntary and involuntary eye movements.  The technology is non-invasive, and the screening takes a minute or two to complete.  Unlike urine or saliva tests, ZXEREX Safe™ screens for current impairment, not just the presence of marijuana which is known to remain in the body long after its effect on the brain wears off. 

The technology was initially developed and validated on human subjects at prestigious medical centers.  According to Andrew Freedman of Forbes Tate, former Marijuana Czar of the State of Colorado, and a public policy advisor to Zxerex, he has stated, “I have heard dozens of pitches about cannabis intoxication tests. Everybody would love to be the company that makes billions off figuring out this public safety and HR problem. What so impressed me with Zxerex compared to other companies was that they had the rare combination of scientific rigor and go-to-market strategy.” 

With ZXEREX Safe™, HR and safety managers will have a way to reduce risk from Marijuana impairment without penalizing new hires and current employees who are not intoxicated and yet might fail a random urine drug test. 

When combined with a company’s employee safety program, ZXEREX Safe™ can help to lower workplace injuries, reduce absenteeism, and increase workplace productivity. Zxerex is actively seeking companies to be leaders in creating an impairment-free workplace while ensuring the respect of all employees. If you are interested in participating in this cause or for further information, contact ZXEREX at info@zxerex.com or call 480-518-9905.

DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL WORKPLACE SCREENING FOR MARIJUANA IMPAIRMENT

Scottsdale, Arizona – November 5, 2020 - ZXEREX™ is developing new technology to rapidly

identify temporary neurological “impairment” associated with marijuana use and fatigue.  The initial work on the technology was done by a team of scientists at Arizona State University and Barrow Neurological Institute (Dignity Health).  Zxerex plans to add artificial intelligence and machine learning to rapidly identify drug bio-signatures for future research and provide a rapid, low-cost screening test for impairment.

Recently, 4 more states legalized marijuana, increasing the number to 30% of all states where it is legal to use the drug while employers lack the ability to identify impairment. Drug use remains a growing concern for employers and has been reported to be associated with increased absenteeism, higher workplace injury costs, and lower productivity.   When combined with an existing safety program and the ability to rapidly screen employees even, every day, Zxerex believes its technology will provide a DETERRENT to showing up under the influence and help companies involved in manufacturing, construction, transportation, logistics, oil and gas, and mining to maintain a safer workplace by reducing injuries, casualty losses, and absenteeism.

For further information contact us at info@zxerex.com or (480) 518-9905.

 ZXEREX CORPORATION ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF MARIJUANA IMPAIRMENT

SCREENING TECHNOLOGY AS MORE STATES APPROVE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA

Scottsdale, Arizona – October 29, 2020 - ZXEREX™ is developing a rapid, non-invasive. and low cost, Marijuana impairment screening technology. The initial research was conducted by company personnel with assistance from Arizona State University and Barrow Neurological Institute (Dignity Health).  ZXEREX™ utilizes patented technology to identify the effects of marijuana and other drugs on the brain’s control of voluntary and involuntary eye movements.  With Marijuana, the technology creates a unique bio-signature representing temporary changes in the brain due to the effects of THC, the active ingredient of the drug.  

Because the proposed product only takes a few minutes, screening for Marijuana impairment can be done as often as needed, especially for employees in high-risk environments. Random drug tests identify the presence of drugs in one’s body but not impairment, but since THC can remain in the body for 3 to 30 days after use, random tests cannot tell if a worker is intoxicated or impaired.  Driving after smoking Marijuana has been shown to double the risk of a crash and increases when Marijuana is combined with alcohol.

In conjunction with an employer’s workplace safety program, Zxerex expects this development to reduce injuries, absenteeism, and productivity losses while serving as a deterrent for marijuana use by employees. To learn more, please contact us at info@zxerex.com or (480) 518-9905.