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DEA: Marijuana Still Classified as Highly Dangerous Drug

July 20, 2011 Industry News

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced that medical marijuana “has no accepted medical use, and should continue to be classified as a Schedule I drug.” Schedule I drugs include marijuana, ecstasy, LSD and heroin and “are considered to have a high tendency for abuse and have no medical use.” The DEA made this decision [...]

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2011 National Drug Control Strategy

July 19, 2011 Industry News

From the Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance… This week, the National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske released the 2011 National Drug Control Strategy. The Strategy reflects the Obama Administration’s comprehensive and balanced efforts to reduce drug use and its consequences. The Strategy highlights the importance of Drug-Free Workplace Programs in reducing [...]

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Hawaii Meth Project Features DTI Data

July 7, 2011 Industry News

The Hawaii Meth Project® has announced the next statewide wave of its public service messaging campaign. The new television, radio, print, and online advertising portrays the dramatic effects meth can have on the user and the devastating impacts on friends and family. “As a result of the Hawaii Meth Project® our young people are more [...]

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Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form

June 30, 2011 Industry News

The 2010 Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form (CCF) was approved for use beginning October 1, 2010 and was designed to replace the Federal CCF from 2000. In order to avoid the waste associated with discarding the older version of the CCF, Federally-regulated employers could use either the 2000 or 2010 version of the [...]

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Quest Diagnostics on “Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles” List

June 7, 2011 Industry News

The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) has awarded its 2011 “Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles” Platinum Award to Quest Diagnostics. The 2011 award, in recognition of our HealthyQuest employee wellness initiative, marks the third consecutive year we have earned the prestigious Platinum distinction, the NBGH’s highest honor. Quest Diagnostics was honored with Gold Awards [...]

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Florida Governor Signs Welfare Drug-Screen Measure

June 6, 2011 Industry News

Saying it is “unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction,” Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday signed legislation requiring adults applying for welfare assistance to undergo drug screening. “It’s the right thing for taxpayers,” Scott said after signing the measure. “It’s the right thing for citizens of this state that need public assistance. We don’t [...]

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Marijuana Remains Drug Most Commonly Detected Among D.C. Juvenile Arrestees

April 14, 2011 Industry News

The University of Maryland distributes information from their Center for Substance Abuse Research in the form of their CESAR Fax. In a recent release they published some interesting data on marijuana trends among juvenile arrestees in Washington D.C. From the CESAR Fax release: While marijuana continues to be the drug most commonly detected among Washington, [...]

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