Welcome to the new NDASA.com! You might have noticed our site suddenly looks VERY different! Over the last three-plus years, NDASA has evolved and grown significantly as an organization. This is in large part thanks to our committed and active member base. You have...
The National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association is proud to announce that Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) will be the keynote speaker at NDASA’s annual Conference & Trade Show in...
By Nadine Wentzell, NDASA member and owner of Nadine Wentzell Consulting, Inc., a workplace drug, alcohol and cannabis consultancy in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My primary role as a workplace drug, alcohol and cannabis consultant is to educate. One of the key areas of this...
The National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association has had a major win today with language added to the MORE ACT that allows continued marijuana drug testing for DOT safety-sensitive workers! The MORE Act is an attempt to remove marijuana from the list of federally...
Thank you to NDASA board member George Gilpatrick, a senior auditor and team leader for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Drug & Alcohol Compliance Auditing Program, for providing this valuable information during a recent NDASA Member’s Memo podcast....
By Chuck Marting, Colorado Mobile Testing , Impairment Detection Academy, Host of Clearing the Haze podcast. At the beginning of this third quarter I met with one of our clients who had been selected for a random DOT drug test. As we sat down, the driver who also...
The Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Program outlined in 49 CFR Part 40 applies to transportation safety-sensitive employees who have a direct impact on the safety of commercial transportation for both the traveling...
By Lynn Riemer, president and founder of ACT on Drugs. a Colorado-based non-profit committed to raising awareness about the devastating lifestyle and physical effects of drug use and abuse. Those working in the drug and alcohol screening...
Nearly a year after the opening of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse, NDASA members continue to report some confusion among their clients and business partners when it comes to the federally mandated national...
For years, employers have been struggling with changing local and state marijuana laws and the impact on workplace drug screening programs. At least 33 states now allow medical use of marijuana and 11, plus Washington, D.C., also permit recreational use. Recently, we...