By Patrice M. Kelly, JD, Senior Policy Executive Advisor National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association This is the second in a series of articles I am writing to dispel the “myths and urban legends” surrounding the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and...
Use of marijuana and hallucinogens among adults 19 to 50 reached an all-time high in 2022, according to the Monitoring the Future Panel Study, which is sponsored annually by the National Institutes of Health. Furthermore, the study found that alcohol use among adults...
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 at...
By Patrice M. Kelly, JD, Senior Policy Executive Advisor National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association This is the first in a series of articles I am writing to dispel the “myths and urban legends” surrounding the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and...
By Cathleen Drew, Conference Planning Committee Chair The NDASA 2023 Annual Conference & Trade Show was a tremendous success! Not only did we have a record number of attendees and a sold-out vendor event, but we also continue to hear from those who joined us in...
The National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association and the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association announced the merger of DATIA into NDASA, on Thursday, May 25. The leaders of both organizations celebrated this monumental industry event with the signing of the...
The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Final Rule for Oral Fluid Testing for public viewing. This is a critical step in the process to making oral fluid testing an option for DOT-mandated drug and alcohol testing programs in addition to urine...
If you are a specimen collector, own a drug testing or third-party administration business, supervise your company's drug and alcohol testing policy, manage safety programming for your workplace, or are employed in human resources, law enforcement or substance use...
Five years ago in March, a small group of leaders in the drug and alcohol testing industry met in Washington, DC over a two-day period to formally announce the founding of the National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association (NDASA). At this meeting, the original group...
By Bill Current, President and Founder, Current Consulting Group, LLC, home of Current Compliance, the industry’s only comprehensive on-line source for all state laws that affect drug testing. For argument’s sake, let’s assume that the legalization...