By Dr. Jonathan Baktari, MD, CEO of US Drug Test Centers The entrepreneurial bug bit me at a young age, and becoming a doctor and medical director only amplified that drive. Working in medicine, I witnessed firsthand a severe lack of accessibility to healthcare. This...
By Keith Graves, President Graves and Associates This article is reprinted with permission from the Drug Intelligence Bulletin With the dynamic nature of the novel psychoactive substances (NPS) market, forensic toxicology laboratories face the ongoing challenge of...
By Samantha M. Simons MsEd, CEO and Founder of Gillon Diagnostics & Associates “Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” C.S. LewisSubstance abuse is proven to harm people’s lives and their respective careers. More than 60% of adults who...
By Bill Current, Current Consulting Group From the dawn of civilization, or at least since the beginning of the drug testing industry, a written drug testing policy has been crucial to the success of a company’s drug-free workplace program. The policy is where...
By Ruth Bowdish, MSPsy, LICDC, CEAP, SAP In a manufacturing facility in northeast Ohio, a husband and father of four walks the floors of a plant he spends more time at than his own home.He knows where he’s going, he knows each step it takes to get to his station, and...
By Bill Current, Current Consulting Group Let’s look back on some of the key developments that made 2023 an historical year for the drug testing industry. Looking back at an historic year for drug testing. DOT ORAL FLUID FINAL RULE On May 2, 2023, and just in time for...
|By Mike Clemmons, President and Founder of Bytecafe Consulting In today's digital age, where data breaches and cyberattacks are becoming increasingly prevalent, maintaining robust cybersecurity practices is paramount for industries of all types. The drug testing...
|By David Perlman, BA, NCAC II, SUDP, EAPIt is not uncommon for an individual to make a career change to another DOT mode of transportation. Transit operators may become truck drivers, merchant mariners may become railroad operators. Also, some employees hold dual...
| By Nick Hartman & William J. Judge, JD, LL.M., Drug Screening Compliance Institute (DSCI) State lawmakers have been very busy tackling cannabis issues in 2023, and the year is not over. As of this publication, the adult use of cannabis is permitted in 23...
|by Bill Current This article was written by Bill Current of the Current Consulting Group (CCG) on behalf of Premier Biotech for publication by NDASA. For further information about the subjects covered in this article, please email Bill...