Drug Testing Articles

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 »

There are rumors floating around the company that a certain employee may have tampered with their drug test to achieve a false negative result on the random. There’s really nothing to do now other than have management keep an eye out and document any suspicion of drug use. The situation has raised a thought though. Read more »

It’s perfectly fine to eat before a drug test. That is, unless, you’re scheduled for an oral fluid test and planning to eat lots of fatty foods on the way to the facility. Some online advice suggests that will trap the THC metabolites floating around in your mouth and you’ll ace the test. We hate Read more »

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 »

There are lots of drug testing myths out there touting the “remedy” needed to achieve a negative drug test result. The reason for this is, of course, because the person looking for the remedy has drugs in their system. Spoiler alert! The only way to know that you know you can pass a drug test, Read more »

For those who are wondering if drug tests detect the cannabidiol (CBD) in marijuana, no, they don’t. Drug tests that contain a marijuana test panel are looking for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). However, CBD users shouldn’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet because they are still far from in the clear. That’s because CBD products all Read more »