By Patrice M. Kelly, JD, Senior Policy Executive Advisor Many of you have heard me say, “My favorite hour each week is the NDASA Town Hall meeting time!” I genuinely mean that. Where else can you find relevant and clear advice in an engaging format open to questions...
NDASA’s 2024 Advocacy Day was a success beyond all expectations, with more than two dozen meetings held in our nation's capital and a common commitment to protecting the safety of our workplaces and communities during an era of fast-changing drug laws. Nearly 40 NDASA...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a warning to FMCSA-registered entities of a phishing scam disguised as notice of a required safety audit. Through an email, scammers pretending to be from FMCSA say a safety audit needs to be...
Our "WHY" The heart and soul of NDASA has always been: taking the time to remember WHY we do what we do every day and inspiring our members to do the same. That may look different for you than it does for me or for our industry colleagues. For many of our...
By The year was 1988. Americans were obsessed with Rubik’s cubes, boom boxes, and all types of arcade games. At the same time, substance abuse was gripping the country and the workplace was not immune from its devasting, costly, and sometimes fatal effects. Employers...
by Lynn Collins, owner, Southern New Hampshire Drug Testing, LLC No other experience has taught me more about the critical importance of doing your research when it comes to purchasing testing products than my mission to offer reliable, safe and efficient COVID...
By Bill Current, founder of Current Consulting Group. Originally prepared for and published by PBSA in the Sept-Oct 2021 edition of the Journal. Read the full issue here. Which drug testing method—urine, oral fluid or hair—is best at detecting marijuana and...
A reminder to drug and alcohol screening businesses, collectors, TPAs and other involved in drug screening: If you conduct U.S. Department of Transportation mandated testing, the 2017 federal Custody and Control Form expires at the end of August 2021. The new (2020)...
“Don’t Drop Marijuana” explains why marijuana and THC, the active ingredient of the cannabis plant, should not be dropped from drug-testing programs and panels. Please click here to review the video on Vimeo.com. This video is produced by Drug Free Business, a...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to establish scientific and technical guidelines for the inclusion of hair specimens in the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Guidelines). We encourage you to review the...