Drug Testing Articles

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 »

No matter which testing method you’ve chosen—hair, urine, or saliva—you receive the same drug testing results. Of the three results, two are very straightforward. The inconclusive result, however, is a little more complicated. Let’s break down the specifics of drug testing results. All laboratories that process drug tests are prepared to perform two tests on Read more »

You might think the only thing that’s risky about employee drug testing is if you don’t! Enforcing a company drug testing program makes it clear to employees that drugs won’t be tolerated. There’s no doubt that employee drug testing makes the workplace or job site a safer place. Employers who implement a drug-free program see Read more »

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 »

A powerful narcotic pain reliever, the length of time that fentanyl remains detectable in the system depends on the type of drug test used. Doctors commonly prescribe fentanyl to treat the chronic pain experienced by cancer patients. Normally, it’s administered by means of a patch applied to the skin. The drug distributes itself throughout the Read more »

It’s not breaking news, in fact, it happened back in March. It was then that the Department of Defense (DoD) directed all service Drug Demand Reduction Program labs to begin testing for both fentanyl and the drug’s metabolite, norfentanyl. It’s 50 times more potent than heroin and tops the potency of morphine by 100 percent! Read more »

LSD is the acronym for lysergic acid diethylamide. It’s a semi-synthetic drug and it’s been around for decades. Those that use the drug recreationally experience a variety of mind-altering sensations that often result in using it again. Drug tests identify LSD, commonly called acid, in the system for varying amounts of time. It was created Read more »

As with other narcotic pain medications, Loratab is a popular drug on the black market. With the expanded awareness of the opiate epidemic raging out of control within the United States, more companies are testing for synthetic opiates. How long does this one remain in the system? Loratab is a pharmaceutical drug that contains both Read more »