Last updated on February 24th, 2021 at 06:37 pmRegarding Marijuana in the Workplace By Joe Reilly, President National Drug Screening, Inc A friend and the General Manager of an out of state local business asked me the other day an interesting series of questions. The first was “Is it legal to drop marijuana from our […]
Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 03:15 pmWelcome to the national drug screening video Blog series. In this 5 part series, Tom Fulmer will focus on designated employer representative training. Designated Employer Representative also known as DER is the primary person responsible for the drug and alcohol testing program specifically for DOT testing but […]
Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 03:06 pmReprinted from Spacecoast Business Magazine – Best Practice Section It is Decision Time The Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative, also known as Amendment 2, was approved by voters back on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Has your business considered changes to your policies regarding drug use and your drug-free […]
Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 02:52 pmAn interesting question I get often is “where does drug testing happen?”. I’m Joe Reilly, president of National Drug Screening. Welcome to our video blog series. The question for today is where does drug testing happen. It is often confusing for some folks because they go down […]
Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 02:31 pm On October 17, 2018, the Federal Transit Administration issued a letter announcing that effective January 1, 2019, the minimum rate of random drug testing will increase from 25 percent to 50 percent of covered employees for employers subject to FTA’s drug and alcohol regulation. This change […]
Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 01:41 pmIn this video of the NDS Video Blog series, Tom Fulmer discusses Employment drug testing. It is on the rise especially with the opioid epidemic that’s making the headlines every day. In the news as well is marijuana which has become legalized in some states even though […]
Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 12:53 pm Key Substance Abuse Indicators Source: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2017-nsduh-annual-national-report Illicit Drug Use In 2017, 30.5 million people aged 12 or older used an illicit drug in the past 30 days (i.e., current use), which corresponds to about 1 in 9 Americans (11.2 percent). About 1 in 4 young adults aged […]
Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 01:29 pmUniversity and college drug testing is being conducted for some of the reasons you may suspect and for some you may not. At National Drug Screening, we work with college and university programs that include nursing, occupational therapy (OT), Physical Therapy (PT), and Physician Assistant (PA). With […]
Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 12:12 pmRecently, more than 70 people overdosed on K2, sometimes called synthetic marijuana, in a single day and in a single location, New Haven, Connecticut. K2 overdoses have sharply increased during the past two years according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The […]
Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 12:02 pmSuboxone – What is Suboxone? Suboxone is a type of opioid medication that is used in drug treatments. Although it does contain opioids like those used to relieve pain, it is primarily used not to treat pain, but rather to treat the addiction to narcotics – specifically […]
