The Latest Drug Testing News & Information
In: Substance Abuse
8 Aug 2011The Padres’ former first round draft pick, Donavan Tate, 20, has been suspended for 50 games due to a positive drug test. The drug test showed that Tate had been using synthetic cannabis best known as “Spice” or “K2”. The effects of “Spice/K2” have the same effects as marijuana.
The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that it costs employers around $75 to $100 billion yearly to pay for drug abuse in the workplace. These costs consists of lost time, accidents, healthcare and workers compensation costs. Not to mention that the employer can also feel the impact from tardiness, absenteeism, turnover attitude problems theft, decreased productivity, crime and violence.
It is due to these issues that most employers, including the majority of all Fortune 500 companies require an applicant and workers to participate in drug testing. The purpose for this drug testing is that it is mainly a safety issue and to lessen these consequences from substance abuse.
While most drug abusers believe that salvia is the legal equivalent to marijuana, nothing could be further from the truth. Although salvia remains legal in many places, several states and countries have begun to regulate the drug due to increasing awareness of its hallucinogenic effects
In: Drug Testing
5 Jul 2011In an attempt to decrease drug abuse problems some schools are beginning to give random student drug tests. Public schools are legally allowed to only perform random drug tests on students who participate in extracurricular activities.
In: Drug Testing
30 Jun 2011There are many different types of home drug testing kits which screen for a wide variety of substances with different origins. One of which is an OPI drug test. As the abbreviation suggests this form of testing looks for opiates and opiate derived synthetic versions (OPI). With substance abuse numbers on the rise for opium, [...]
In: Drug Testing
20 Jun 2011There has been a craze, of new synthetic drugs hitting the market. The newest and most dangerous, also seems to be the most popular. This drug is called “bath salt”, but it also is known as: Ivory Wave, Bliss, White Lightning, Hurricane Charlie, Red Dove and Vanilla Sky.
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6 Jun 2011Fentanyl is a very powerful analgesic, or pain killer, that is estimated to be 100x more potent than morphine. The narcotic drug is administered to patients through a variety of methods including Intravenous lines (IV), pills, patches, and sometimes even lollypops. Fentanyl is a synthetic derivative of traditional opiates and acts on the body’s natural [...]
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13 May 2011Employers and government agencies have embraced drug testing as part of their regular screening processes. Even the United States court system uses this method to drug test its employees. For years, many companies have relied on urine tests. Today, more are turning to saliva drug testing, which is revered as an accurate, non-invasive alternative screening [...]
In: Substance Abuse
10 May 2011Teen drug abuse is a terrifying topic for parents. Try as they may to talk to their kids about the dangers of drugs, all too often peer pressure simply wins out over obedience and common sense. A national survey called “Monitoring the Future” offers an interesting snapshot of teen drug abuse. Surveys are conducted separately [...]
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