By Jim Dyke, Psychemedics Corporation Hair analysis for the detection of drug use in workplace testing continues to grow in popularity due to its wider window of detection and ability to detect repeat drug users. However, one aspect that has lacked agreement in the field is how best to ensure that a positive result is … Read more
DENVER — Even in one of the country’s most marijuana-friendly states, smoking pot off the job and away from work can still get an employee fired. That was the unanimous conclusion of the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday, in a closely watched workplace lawsuit involving a customer service worker who uses medical marijuana to help … Read more
Hair Testing For Drugs Is An Approach More Carriers Are Taking. By David Heller, Fleet Owner It just occurred to me as I begin writing this month’s column that I have never really addressed the issue of hair testing for drugs in our fleets across the country. Sure, carriers are traveling down the road of alternative compliance … Read more
Fading fast at 11 p.m., Elizabeth texted her dealer and waited just 30 minutes for him to reach her third-floor New York apartment. She handed him a wad of twenties and fifties, received a tattered envelope of pills, and returned to her computer. Her PowerPoint needed another four hours. Investors in her health-technology start-up wanted … Read more
New Federal Data Reports Bad News for America’s Heroin Problem Heroin-related deaths quadrupled in the U.S. within just three years, according to new federal data. The new report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) shows that from 2010 to 2013, drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin increased fourfold, from 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people to … Read more
Indiana is grappling with an outbreak of HIV that local health officials say is connected to prescription drug abuse. Since mid-December, there have been 27 confirmed and 10 preliminary — meaning they need to be confirmed with further testing — HIV-positive cases in the state, according to an announcement from Indiana health officials on Friday. … Read more
By Duffy Nabors, Psychemedics Corporation Testing applicants before bringing them into an organization is the first line of defense to establishing a drug-free workplace. However, in order to ensure that a workplace maintains its drug-free status, a robust random testing program should also be in place. In a random program, individuals for testing are typically … Read more
RICHMOND, Va. — Some schools are getting tougher on e-cigarettes, even punishing possession of the devices more harshly than regular cigarettes. The devices, which heat a nicotine solution to create a vapor instead of burning tobacco, have passed traditional smokes in popularity among teenagers. Schools are clamping down because e-cigarettes, sometimes also known as vaporizers, … Read more