Tag: marijuana

Oral Fluid testing

Detection of recent marijuana use continues to increase significantly in oral fluid testing

November 20, 2014

Data from the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index shows that the detection of marijuana in oral fluid has increased for the second consecutive year.

News

Busting the top 10 marijuana myths

October 31, 2014

The Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry Association developed a brochure that highlights the common myths surrounding marijuana use.

Drug Testing

Webinar insights: Tracking the trends

October 10, 2014

Dr. Barry Sample, Director of Science and Technology, reviewed key data and insights from the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index.

Illicit drugs

Marijuana positivity increases

October 1, 2014

Marijuana positivity increases 6.2% nationally in urine drug tests, but by double digits in Colorado and Washington reports Drug Testing Index.

News

Workforce drug test positivity rate increases

September 11, 2014

The Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index showed the percentage of positive drug tests among American workers has increased for the first time in more than a decade.

Oral Fluid testing

Ask the experts: Under the influence

September 8, 2014

Is oral fluid is the best drug test specimen type for determining whether an employee is under the influence of drugs – particularly marijuana?

Marijuana

Marijuana webinar recap

June 27, 2014

Experts presented a webinar about marijuana use, common terminology, state laws, and insights from the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index.

Marijuana

Marijuana: A look at the science & state legislation

June 11, 2014

Dr. Barry Sample and D. Faye Caldwell discuss the effects of marijuana use, common terms, review state laws, and marijuana positivity data.

New to Drug Testing

New to Drug Testing: Too small for drug testing? Bloomberg Business Week doesn’t think so

November 21, 2013

After reading the Bloomberg BusinessWeek article, I sat down with Dr. Sample to ask him a few of my own questions about small business drug testing.

Synthetic drugs

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.