By Bill Current, Founder of the Current Consulting Group Did you know the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) mission is to “enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States… and support non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the...
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Legislative Update 7/2024
By Tim Monahan NDASA is actively engaged in seeking a safety carve-out to protect public safety through continued testing for THC should the U.S. Department of Justice succeed in forcing the Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule marijuana, against the findings...
No duty? You win! The legal concept of duty in workplace drug testing
By William J. Judge, JD, LL.M., and Nick Hartman, Drug Screening Compliance Institute Background It has been estimated that as many as 45 million workplace drug tests are conducted each year in the United States. The most recent Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index...
Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs: Prevalence and challenges
By Sabra Jones and Chris Heartsill, Regional Toxicology Liaisons, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Regions 5 and 7 Per the Centers for Disease Control, overdose deaths remain the leading cause of injury-related deaths in the United States1 and fentanyl...
Case Study: Reducing onboarding time and solving staffing challenges
Working together to ensure frontline healthcare workers are safe and healthy By Labcorp Background Like many hospitals and health systems, a large academic health system with 13 hospitals and many practices and clinics was facing hiring and staffing challenges. The...
Why is impairment-detection technology like Moneyball?
By Rob Schiller, CEO, Impairment Science, Inc., developer of the DRUID® fitness-for-duty app It might seem nonsensical to equate the evaluation of an employee’s fitness for on-the-job duty with the evaluation of a professional baseball player’s ability – but it’s not....
5 compelling reasons you should reinvigorate your drug testing program
By Premier Biotech This information is provided for educational purposes only. Reader retains full responsibility for the use of the information contained herein. Over the past several years, some employers have made the misguided decision to cut back on their drug...
Marijuana legalization, the DEA and harmful, unintended consequences
By Bill Current, Founder of the Current Consulting Group It’s been said that elections have consequences, including unintended consequences that can be harmful, nonetheless. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), at President Biden’s direction, intends to...
Working on your business versus in your business
By Jonathan Baktari, MD, CEO of US Drug Test Centers Every successful entrepreneur has to start somewhere. If you're a business owner, then maybe you can remember wearing all the hats in the very beginning, when you were first getting your company off the ground. You...
Team Training & Technology: Key components for growing your business
By Dr. Jonathan Baktari, MD, CEO of US Drug Test Centers Supporting teamwork and employee training are crucial aspects of running a successful business. When employees work well together, they can achieve more than they could individually. Teamwork involves...