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Why is heroin so addictive?
Users build up a tolerance to the drug and need larger amounts resulting in a cycle of deepening drug use eventually leading to full blown addiction
Add certainty with specimen validity testing
Quest Diagnostics offers specimen validity testing with varying levels of quality assurance to help ensure the integrity of a urine drug test.
How donors cheat drug tests
The use of oxidizing adulterants is one of the most common ways donors try to cheat a urine drug test. Our chart shows different kinds of adulterants.
More teens dying from drug overdoses
An upsurge in overdose deaths is related increased heroin use. Some 45% of people who use heroin are also addicted to prescription painkillers.
Startling statistics regarding drunk driving
A report from the CDC reveals that 4.2 million adults age 18 and older admit to driving while impaired within the past 30 days.
Popular ways adults use marijuana
Researchers analyzed data about how current adult users consume marijuana and whether the reason for use is medicinal or recreational.
Reasons for testing: Reasonable suspicion or for cause drug testing
Reasonable suspicion drug testing is performed when supervisors have evidence or reasonable cause to suspect an employee of drug use.
I’m There: Dr. Barry Sample
Employer Solutions shares a commitment to being there when our clients and colleagues need us – at every possible opportunity.
Name that Drug: The way you make me feel
DATIA focus features a regular, popular column titled, “Name that Drug." The latest edition was written by Dawn Hahn at Quest Diagnostics.
Preparing for the electronic Custody and Control Form (eCCF)
As we prepare to begin using the regulated eCCF, we are making design changes to our interfaces that will affect eCCF users.
