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Drug-Related Crimes

Posted: Sep 12 2016

Drug-Related Crimes

By: Ashlee Arnold

There is a pervasive and frightening statistic when it comes to drug-related crimes: the majority of crimes associated with drugs are violent crimes. For many people who live in areas outside heavy drug-trafficking neighborhoods, it seems far away

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The Alcoholic Alternatives

Posted: Sep 09 2016

The Alcoholic Alternatives

By: Ashlee Arnold

While it may be humorous to some people, alcoholics and individuals struggling with alcohol dependency will go to great lengths to obtain that euphoria they get when they consume alcoholic beverages. It isn't just alcoholics that will go to...

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Peer Pressure to Use Drugs or Alcohol

Posted: Sep 07 2016

Peer Pressure to Use Drugs or Alcohol

By: Ashlee Arnold

In the last few decades, there has been a shift in how peers deal with pressures from friends about using alcoholic beverages or drugs. It's likely that children from the age of 10 years old to 18 have either tasted alcoholic beverages or...

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The Pros and Cons of Drug Testing in Schools

Posted: Sep 06 2016

The Pros and Cons of Drug Testing in Schools

By: Ashlee Arnold

There is an interesting proposal that allegedly comes with certain safeguards in place to provide checks and balances to ensure there is no profiling or prejudices when it comes to the idea of drug testing in schools. Among the more controversial.

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Drug Testing for Office of Children Services

Posted: Aug 30 2016

Drug Testing for Office of Children Services

By: Ashlee Arnold

Every state has an agency that is dedicated to the health and welfare of children. Whether it is called the Office of Children Services (OCS), Department of Social Services (DDS), or the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), they all...

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Quest Diagnostics is Federal eCCF Approved

Posted: Aug 29 2016

Quest Diagnostics is Federal eCCF Approved

By: Ashlee Arnold

Most businesses today are moving to stop producing a heavy paper trail. Government businesses began implementing the paperless movement back in 2003 when the Office of Management and Budget looked to the transition of electronic communications...

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Understanding Drug Use and Addiction

Posted: Aug 25 2016

Understanding Drug Use and Addiction

By: Ashlee Arnold

There are several studies that look at the addictive behavior within humans who deal daily with addiction. While many people succumb to the habitual lifestyle, many friends and family members have a difficult time understanding drug use and...

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Why Using a SAMHSA Certified Lab is Important

Posted: Aug 23 2016

Why Using a SAMHSA Certified Lab is Important

By: Ashlee Arnold

Drug testing policies are commonplace in many agencies and companies. There is pre-employment screening that involves drug testing, and no one is surprised when the request for drug testing comes. Since drug testing is routine, it's also a very...

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Probation Drug Testing: The Details You Need to Know

Posted: Aug 22 2016

Probation Drug Testing: The Details You Need to Know

By: Ashlee Arnold

People make mistakes. Some individuals who make mistakes end up in jail for something that should have been avoided and had they been sober at the time they decide to operate a vehicle under the influence or use illegal substances, they likely...

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Companies Struggle to Retain Employees Who Can Pass a Drug Screen

Posted: Aug 17 2016

Companies Struggle to Retain Employees Who Can Pass a Drug Screen

By: Ashlee Arnold

Around the globe, employers are seeing an alarming decline in the number of employees they can retain due to the increased number of failed drug test results they experience. In an attempt for many industries to rebuild following one of the worst.

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Congress Acts on America's Opioid Problem  | US Drug Test Centers

Posted: Jul 27 2016

Congress Acts on America's Opioid Problem | US Drug Test Centers

By: Ashlee Arnold

Opioid addiction is currently a huge epidemic in our country, and the worst part is that so many of the people that are addicted to this type of drug are getting it legally from their doctor. But that isn't always the case. There are also those...

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Drug Testing on the 1%? One Congresswoman Says Yes

Posted: Jul 01 2016

Drug Testing on the 1%? One Congresswoman Says Yes

By: Ashlee Arnold

Drug testing welfare recipients isn't exactly a new conversation, but this one might be: One congresswoman wants to drug test the richest Americans in the country. Representative Gwen Moore, a Democrat from Wisconsin, recently brought up the idea.

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