How many of you have been closely monitoring the struggle between the states, the federal government, and the people over legalizing marijuana? Yeah. It’s crazy, isn’t it? Not only that, but as an employer, it’s scary, too. What are the ramifications of legalization? Do you have to change your policies? How are your workplace practices […]
Examining 6 of the Risks And Costs of Employee Drug Abuse
Spotlight On Specimen Collectors: What To Look For
Collecting pee is a dirty job; one that few can stand and even fewer wish to admit they make their living doing. As can be imagined, there aren’t a lot of people who spend their lives dreaming about collecting specimens for drug testing. Of course, doctors and nurses can and will do it, but that’s […]
The #1 Thing That Will Save Your Business
The #1 abused drug in the United States is the class of opiates and synthetic narcotics, opioids. What are these anyway? They’re highly addictive compounds, narcotics, derived from the opium poppy: Morphine and Codeine. Those sound familiar, right? These are prescription painkillers used by physicians routinely, and frequently obtained and distributed/sold illegally. That’s just the […]
Sometimes, You Just Don’t Know
An employer called to discuss collections, how users are bypassing the system and bringing in substitute specimens. It seems a supervisor, unknown by management, was a heroin addict and had been injecting between the toes to hide use. The supervisor was, in addition, advising employees pulled for random drug testing on how to ‘pass’ a […]
