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Last Updated: Jul 29 2024
By: Ashlee Arnold
It's common sense that you shouldn't show up to work under the influence, so why have a drug-free workplace policy at all? Employers should know that having a policy is crucial to maintaining a substance-free work environment for many reasons...
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Posted: Jan 10 2019
By: Ashlee Arnold
Employers regulated by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) are required to implement drug and alcohol testing programs, including random drug and alcohol testing. According to DOT, random testing is the best tool employers have...
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Posted: Dec 27 2018
By: Ashlee Arnold
The hair follicle drug test is becoming more common for drug testing. As with most things on the internet, though, there is misinformation surrounding hair drug testing. We're going to separate fact from fiction. The Benefits of Hair Follicle Drug
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Posted: Nov 29 2018
By: Ashlee Arnold
Over the last couple of years, we've been so busy talking about the opioid crisis and the legalization of medicinal and recreational marijuana that we've almost failed to acknowledge another growing issue: alcohol-related deaths. Alcohol abuse is.
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Posted: Nov 15 2018
By: Ashlee Arnold
Random drug testing is a requirement of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure the welfare of the employees and the public. Working under the influence of drugs is dangerous, more so for those with safety-sensitive roles. The...
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Posted: Nov 08 2018
By: Ashlee Arnold
As of 2018, nine states have legalized the use of cannabis, or marijuana, for recreational purposes, while 31 states have legalized its use for treating certain medical conditions. The medical and recreational marijuana laws are ever-changing, and
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Posted: Oct 25 2018
By: Ashlee Arnold
People don't always visit a drug testing center knowing what they're looking for. There are many situations when testing for unknown substances is needed. For example, maybe a parent finds a mysterious liquid, powder, or pill hidden amongst their.
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Posted: Oct 18 2018
By: Ashlee Arnold
An employee under the influence of drugs in the workplace poses a potential risk. Drugs can cause mental health problems such as anxiety, psychosis, and mood disorder while you’re impaired and even as the substances are clearing from your...
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Posted: Oct 02 2018
By: Ashlee Arnold
Drug test results sometimes come back as negative dilute or positive dilute. Let's talk about positive dilute first. When a positive dilute drug test result comes back from a medical review officer (MRO), the drug test is positive, without...
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Posted: Sep 27 2018
By: Ashlee Arnold
According to a poll conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and done in collaboration with the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA), 57% of employers conduct drug tests on every single job candidate. Among...
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Posted: Sep 20 2018
By: Calee Davis
The opioid crisis has become a giant cloud over the United States, and recent numbers confirm a troubling finding: it hasn't let up. In fact, preliminary data from 2017 coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the...
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Posted: Sep 13 2018
By: Ashlee Arnold
Employers rely on hair follicle drug testing for two main reasons. First, they’re harder to cheat than urine drug tests. Second, they can look further back into a person’s history. Follicle tests can detect drug use starting seven days
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