The latest Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index (DTI) Analysis shows the connection between marijuana legalization and a rise in marijuana positivity in employee drug tests. The data analyzed were taken from more than 10.6 million urine, hair, and oral fluid employee drug test results recorded between January and December 2022. Pot-smoking employees in both the Read more »
DOT Releases Back to Basics Campaign
DOT protocol is in place to do its best to ensure the safety of the public as they travel on America’s roadways intermixed with commercial vehicles. It includes regulations that safety-sensitive employers must implement both on and off the road. The Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) recently released a series of Read more »
Does CBD Show Up on a DOT Drug Test?
The Department of Transportation (DOT) mandates employers of the safety-sensitive workforce to drug test new hires. The DOT requires drug tests randomly throughout the year as well. Moreover, employees drug test after an accident, upon reasonable suspicion of drug use, or when returning to duty after having tested positive for drug or alcohol use. The Read more »
Background Checks Benefit Realtors and Their Clients
Long gone are the days of operating on a handshake and trusting in the honesty of others—especially in the business world. Background checks are a quick way to discover whether or not someone is who they claim to be. These days, that’s a pretty big deal, no matter what industry you’re in. Moreover, depending on Read more »
Assisted Living for Elderly Addicts
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that over 5,000 U.S. citizens aged 65 and over died of a drug overdose in 2020. Moreover, alcohol-induced causes claimed the lives of 11,616 elderly Americans within the same age range that year. Some may claim that it’s to be expected as the Baby Boomers—the first generation Read more »
Employee Drug Testing Comes Down To This
According to a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, employee drug testing is nothing more than absurd and illogical. We’d like to have its author, Dr. Boehnke—a research assistant professor and director of controversial compounds in the University of Michigan Medical School’s Department of Anesthesiology and Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center—take a Read more »
Can Creatinine Levels Make or Break a Drug Test?
If you suffer from shy bladder syndrome and are scheduled for a drug test, we’d like to give you a word to the wise. Don’t keep refilling your cup in hopes of providing the bare minimum required to be called a specimen. Rather than doing all you can to remain in compliance with your company, Read more »
DOT Says Oral Fluid Test Almost Good to Go
The Department of Transportation (DOT) published its final ruling authorizing the oral fluid test as an approved alternative to urine drug testing. If you employ a part of the safety-sensitive workforce, you may have been awaiting that news. However, there’s still a wrench to pull out of the works before it’s all systems go. The Read more »