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Synthetic drugs

Refining our synthetic cannabinoids panel

April 18, 2016

Our experts continually monitor and adjust our drug tests to offer a standardized panel that detects the most relevant synthetic cannabinoids.

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Name that Drug: A stimulating psychoactive perspective

September 15, 2015

DATIA focus features a regular column titled, “Name that Drug” where interesting facts about a mystery drug are described.

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Synthetic drugs: Common questions

July 24, 2015

Dr. Kim Samano presented information about synthetic cannabinoids ("K2/Spice") and designer stimulants known as “bath salts” in our recent webinar.

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Synthetic drugs: What you need to know

June 22, 2015

Our webinar will provide an overview of synthetic drugs, review trends in usage and patterns and discuss the challenges for a workplace program.

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Changing perceptions of marijuana and synthetic marijuana

March 5, 2015

High school seniors' perceived risk with occasional marijuana use is declining while they increasingly view synthetic marijuana use as harmful.

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CNN reports on synthetic drugs

December 16, 2014

Media reports tragic accounts of taking synthetic drugs. Quest Diagnostics monitors these ever-changing substances to add to our drug test panels.

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Dangers of synthetic cannabinoids

November 3, 2014

Synthetic cannabinoids change frequently and Quest works to stay current with drug-use patterns by adding compounds to our drug test panels.

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National Drug Early Warning System

August 26, 2014

This new system will monitor emerging drug trends that will help health experts identify increasing use of designer synthetic compounds.

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New to drug testing: Synthetic stimulants

February 28, 2014

Synthetic compounds change frequently and our scientific experts must monitor, and adjust our testing panels to an ever-changing list of substances.

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New to drug testing: Synthetic marijuana

November 6, 2013

In our ongoing quest to help keep workplaces drug-free, we now offer a synthetic cannabinoids panel to test for commonly detected compounds.