The October 27 issue of USA Today featured the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™ (DTI) methamphetamine data in its USA Today Snapshot® for the Money section. The Snapshot highlighted the meth test positives percentage by state greater than the national average, showing the top five for abuse include:
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Human Resources Executive calls attention to the use of methamphetamines remaining steady as other drug test positives have declined. Methamphetamine use has remained at 0.10 percent for the past two years.
The October 16th article also examines the geographic differences illustrating that the western United States has a much higher instance of drug use than the rest of the country. Specifically, Hawaii had the most prevalent use of methamphetamines at 410 percent greater than the national average.
The Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™ is regarded as the industry standard for measuring and reporting workforce drug use. It is published as a public service for government, media and industry and has been considered a benchmark for national trends since its inception in 1988. To review the Drug Testing Index™ published on October 2011, please click here.