As a collector, your job has a direct bearing on the course another person’s life is about to take, so it’s critical that your BAT device is calibrated. There should be no risk whatsoever that the breathalyzer unit used for testing is malfunctioning and could be giving incorrect results. If you are a sample collector, Read more »
What Drugs are Missed by Your Drug Test?
The most commonly used drug screen panel for drug testing in the workplace is the SAMHSA-5 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). This panel was established in the 1980s under the Drug Free Workplace Act. It tests for amphetamines, cocaine, marijuana (THC), opiates and PCP. That sounds like a good place to start. This Read more »
Expanded Opiate Drug Testing May Not Be Automatic
Normally prescribed as pain pills, the semi-synthetic drugs hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone and oxycodone are highly addictive. And, the use of them (both, prescribed and illegal) has gotten vastly out of control, placing the United States in crisis mode. Drug testing panels have long included screening for the opiates codeine and morphine. But, nearly a year Read more »
DOT Hair Drug Testing Moves to Next Step
While it was supposed to reach the end of the road nearly two years ago, the quest for federally mandated drug testing using hair samples hasn’t gotten far. There are those who think that implementation of a mandated drug screening process using hair samples will be very beneficial in the war against drug addiction. President Read more »
Michigan’s 2018 Marijuana Law
Officially, the 10th state to do so, as of the November 6th election, Michigan became the first midwestern state to legalize recreational marijuana use. There are now roughly 80 million citizens of the United States that live in places that allow the recreational use of marijuana. And, a recent Gallup Poll (October 2018) stated that Read more »
How Long Does Cocaine Stay in Your System?
After using cocaine, the metabolites stay in your system anywhere from 12 hours up to four days. The length of time varies for several reasons. The liver metabolizes cocaine breaking it down for excretion from the body. After this process, it changes to a drug metabolite named benzoylecgonine. It escapes the body in the urine. Read more »
An Open Letter to Matt About Marijuana Drug Testing
It probably won’t surprise you to hear that some people are unhappy with the fact that we conduct workplace drug testing. They often feel this way because they don’t really understand drugs, drug use, employer’s rights, or even their own rights. Many don’t understand the affects that drug use has, not only on themselves, but Read more »
Trump Signs Bill Requiring HHS Update on Hair Drug Testing
President Trump signed into law on October 24, 2018, a bill requiring the U.S. Department of Health Human Services to update current protocols used for hair drug testing. The law, H.R.6 – SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, was part of a package of laws passed by Congress on a bi-partisan basis, to address the Read more »