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The Wall Street Journal reports rising workplace drug use

June 15, 2015

The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. workers testing positive for drugs is increasing, citing new data from Quest Diagnostics.

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Introducing Alex

June 12, 2015

Alex Bednar will author posts for our drug testing blog in the coming months.

Oral Fluid testing

Oral fluid mandatory guidelines comment period now open

June 11, 2015

The HHS is asking industry professionals to review the Oral Fluid Mandatory Guidelines for federally-mandated drug testing and provide feedback.

We're There

Customer support improvements

June 10, 2015

Our new Interactive Voice Response system will provide newly updated options for all inbound calls into our 1-800-877-7484 customer support line.

Synthetic drugs

Synthetic marijuana: Catch me if you can

June 9, 2015

Difficult to detect and harmful if consumed, designer drugs are infiltrating society, leaving unequivocal damage in their wake.

Illicit drugs

Drug positivity rates in D.C. arrestees decline

June 8, 2015

Data from the Pretrial Services Agency report reveals that the drug positivity rate in D.C. arrestees declined from 49 percent to 27 percent since 2006.

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Illicit drug test positivity rate increases

June 3, 2015

The percentage of American workers testing positive for illicit drugs has increased for the second consecutive year according to Quest Diagnostics.

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Drug testing trends at DATIA

June 1, 2015

Dr. Barry Sample, Director of Science and Technology, will present Drug Testing Trends at the Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry Association conference.

Hair testing

Request for hair drug testing information

May 29, 2015

The HHS published an RFI seeking comments on regulatory policies and standards regarding the use of hair specimen for federally-mandated drug testing.

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Connect with Quest at DATIA 2015

May 27, 2015

As a sponsor of this year’s DATIA Conference, we couldn’t be more excited about this gathering of experts from across the drug testing industry.