Year: 2012

World’s largest hair analysis drug testing company establishes another first: FDA approval of immunoassays that are equivalent to radioimmunoassays. ACTON, Mass., June 12, 2012,/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Psychemedics Corporation, hair testing pioneer and global leader for twenty-five years, announced that after a rigorous and thorough review, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the company … Read more

BP’s Texas City oil refinery has pioneered a new employee drug-testing program known as VECTOR (for Vendor Employer Compliance Testing Organization). Recognizing that failing to identify and screen out illicit drug users results in high costs and low productivity, the refinery started a program in 2007 that required contractors to pass a hair-based drug test … Read more

Progressive Thinking at BP Texas City Spreads Throughout Industry In an industry where safety is paramount, one Texas oil refinery is leading the charge with an innovative drug testing program. BP takes pride in their strong commitment to provide a safe workplace for employees and other persons working or visiting their refinery sites, and drug … Read more

With heroin becoming cheaper than a six-pack of beer and as easy to obtain as pot, police, and prosecutors are turning to more aggressive tactics against the drug, dusting off little-used laws to seek murder charges against suspected dealers and provide for longer prison sentences. Angry suburban parents are joining the effort, too. They have … Read more

Area officials say companies looking to fill positions are having a tough time finding individuals who can pass a drug test. Annie Short, a grant coordinator for Healthiest Manitowoc County 2020, said based on discussions with employers, some are seeing as many as half of potential employees fail the drug test, preventing them from being … Read more

Parents already panicky about the amount of time their teenage children spend online may now have something new to worry about: All those hours spent Web surfing, chatting, gaming, texting and posting to Facebook could be a warning sign of substance abuse, according to a new study in the March issue of the Journal of … Read more

Random drug testing being the norm in school districts is a touchy subject among teachers. The mother of a Bangor, Northampton Co., teacher who died from a heroin overdose said district-mandated drug testing could have saved her daughter’s life. Officials from the Bangor Area School District did not get back to 69 News, but a … Read more