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 »

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 »

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 »

It’s no secret that when faced with a drug test, some drug abusers begin searching for a way to “pass” it without drugs being detected in their system. However, if it includes using diuretics, it’s not going to do the trick. There are a plethora of products on the market that are said to “detoxify Read more »

Ever since drug abuse gained enough attention in the workplace to warrant employee drug testing, people who abuse drugs have tried to cheat the test. Back in the day, drinking a lot of water let some drug abusers slip by undetected. Today, however, continued breakthroughs in drug testing technology have made it harder and harder Read more »

Even though it seems legalization happens somewhere with each passing election, marijuana is still a drug and it causes impairment. It’s for that reason that employers are choosing to keep the THC panel on the company drug test. THC metabolites remain in the system long after the drug’s effects wear off though. People who use Read more »

When employees use drugs at work, it has a negative impact on the company—especially if there’s an accident that leaves someone severely injured or worse. Employers drug test their employees for safety’s sake. In fact, workplace safety is the number one response given when asked why a company drug tests its employees. It’s a proven Read more »

Lots of employers are having problems maintaining their workforce for various reasons today. Performance and productivity are dropping for many of these businesses. Employees are the backbone of the company. Coming up with enticing sign-on bonuses or other perks to offer potential new hires is working for some. Other business owners are dropping or restructuring Read more »