If you take steroids to keep your asthma under control you may wonder why anyone cares how long steroids stay in your system. That makes sense because the corticosteroids used for treating asthma are often referred to as “steroids.” Anabolic steroids, however, are a different matter and those who use them illegally may be surprised Read more »
Does Coffee Dilute Urine for a Drug Test?
Consuming a mass quantity of any liquid before a drug test can dilute the urine—coffee included. A diluted test result raises a red flag for employers though. It’s a huge sign that the employee may be trying to mask drug use. That said, drug users, who follow the coffee “remedy” they discover online, could easily Read more »
DOT Cautions Employees About CBD Use
Should safety-sensitive employees worry about CBD use? Forms of that question have made the FAQs on sites across the internet since the Agricultural Improvement Act (Farm Bill) passed in 2018. The Department of Transportation has received its fair share of them too—by every means imaginable. So much so that it prompted the release of a Read more »
7 Advantages of Mouth Swab Drug Testing
Neither mouth swab drug testing or using the hair method is as widely used as the urine test for employee drug testing. But if everyone learns the advantages—that may change! It’s most likely due to the fact that in the early days of employee drug testing the urinalysis was the only method available. When the Read more »
Will There Be an End to Marijuana Prohibition?
The internet is buzzing! There’s likely to be a vote to end federal marijuana prohibition on Wednesday! Of course, it’s not as if the bill materialized out of nowhere this week. Congressman Jerry Nadler and Senator Kamala Harris introduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE) of 2019 back in July. The MORE Act Read more »
How Far Back Does a Hair Follicle Test Go?
The hair follicle test still has a way to go to be a contender for the most used employee drug test. The urine test wins hands down. It accounts for over 90% of employee drug tests each year. Even so, the hair follicle test is gaining in popularity. It’s more expensive than both the urine Read more »