Drug Testing Articles

Drug users search the internet looking for ways to create a false positive on a drug test. We’ve got news for them. It’s not going to do them any good. The drug testing industry continues to evolve. Technological advances coupled with increasingly sophisticated laboratory equipment help lab techs weed out cheaters. They’d probably be better Read more »

First and foremost, not using drugs is the one sure way to pass a mouth swab drug test. However, many drug users have jobs and, at some point, find themselves desperate to pass a company drug test. Moreover, they may resort to trying to produce a false positive result. According to the word on the Read more »

It would seem extremely unusual for an employee to refuse a drug test, but it has happened. That’s because employees who use drugs don’t want their employers to be aware of it and avoiding the drug test would be an easy out for them. If you participate in a drug-free workplace program, your drug testing Read more »

Department of Transportation (DOT) drug testing has been in place since President Reagan enforced the drug-free workplace back in the 80s. The urine test has always been the approved test method and the amount of time that it detects drugs in the system ranges from a few days up to three months in the case Read more »

  Drug users have been trying to pass off diluted urine specimens since the earliest days of drug testing. Moreover, truth be told, it used to work. Drug users who were due to take a drug test could successfully tamper with results by consuming large quantities of water. Drug testing has come a long way Read more »

The answer to the title’s question, “Can an infrequent smoker pass a marijuana hair test is a solid probably. Undoubtedly, that answer is disappointing news if you only popped in here to confirm your hope that the answer would be a sound no. You won’t pass a marijuana hair test if you’ve smoked, eaten, or Read more »

If you don’t include a random drug test in your drug-free program, you might consider it after you hear this news! A whopping 40% of illicit drug users in the United States say that when a company drug tests, they aren’t likely to apply. That’s nearly half! Even so, that leaves a lot of people Read more »

The majority of people in the workforce decided to live a drug-free life.  That’s a wise choice for many reasons, one being that using drugs—even occasionally—isn’t worth risking their jobs. However, employers use drug testing to weed out the minority of employees who didn’t make such a wise choice. It can nip any problems in Read more »