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...
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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. DOT makes final rule on Oral Fluid Testing available to the public
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...
Countdown to Conference
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...
NDASA celebrates five years
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...
Stay Current: Three major reports reveal disturbing trend in workplace drug abuse
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...
NDASA joins “Guardian Coalition” to empower communities against fentanyl
The National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association, SwabTek®, a leading producer of drug detection technologies, the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) and Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence (L.E.A.D) have joined forces in a new...
Internationally Recognized Department of Transportation drug and alcohol policy expert, Patrice Kelly, to join NDASA executive staff
The National Drug and Alcohol Testing Association is thrilled to announce that Patrice Kelly, a leader in the development of drug and alcohol testing policy and the longest-serving director of the Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) at the U.S....
Stay Current: True or false? Drug testing for marijuana is about to become illegal in California
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. Will California employers still be allowed to drug test...
Important FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse changes ahead
This coming January will mark the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse's third anniversary and the date that the U.S. Department of Transportation deems the database to be fully implemented. What does this mean for motor...
New drug testing technologies and state drug testing laws
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. This is an exciting time to be either a provider or user of drug testing....