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West Virginia is one of the few states with a stand alone statute built specifically around workplace drug testing. The West Virginia Safer Workplace Act, codified...
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Tennessee does not force any private employer to drug test. Instead, the state built an incentive program: employers who set up a certified Drug-Free Workplace Program...
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A patient shows up with pinpoint pupils, slowed breathing, and every sign of opioid intoxication, but the 12-panel cup comes back clean across OPI, OXY, and...
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Ask most safety managers what a drug test tells them and they will say it tells them whether someone used a substance recently enough to still...
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Nicotine Cotinine Test for Employment: What to Know Cotinine is the metabolite nicotine breaks down into in the body, and it is the standard marker employers...
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A number of states let employers cut their workers compensation insurance premium simply by running a documented drug-free workplace program. The discount is not a marketing...
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Pest control technicians work in a combination that makes employers nervous for good reason. They hold a state issued pesticide applicator license, they drive a company...
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Vermont runs one of the more restrictive workplace drug testing statutes in the country. Instead of leaving the subject to case law or a patchwork of...
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Washington does not have a broad statute that regulates workplace drug testing across the board the way a handful of other states do. What it has...
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Adderall is a mixed amphetamine salts product, a combination of dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine compounds that is prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and, less commonly, narcolepsy....
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Every year, manufacturing industries face a sobering reality: workplace accidents cost American businesses over $170 billion annually, with a significant percentage linked to employee impairment. When...
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Hemp seeds, hemp hearts, and hemp seed oil are sold as food products in grocery stores and supplement aisles, and most people assume they are completely...
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Tapentadol, sold under the brand name Nucynta, is a prescription opioid analgesic used for moderate to severe pain. Patients and employers sometimes assume that any opioid...
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Arkansas does not force most private employers to run a drug testing program. What the state offers instead is a voluntary framework, built around a workers...
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Medical students are often surprised to learn that their school is not the entity requiring a drug screen. In most cases the school is relaying a...
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Someone in a monitoring program uses hand sanitizer a dozen times during a shift, gargles with mouthwash before a meeting, or drinks a bottle of kombucha...
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Trazodone is one of the most widely prescribed sleep aids and antidepressants in the country, and it also happens to be one of the more well...
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No, not on a standard test. The immunoassay antibodies built into standard 5 panel, 10 panel, and 12 panel drug testing cups and dip cards target...
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Nebraska is one of the smaller group of states with its own standalone workplace drug and alcohol testing statute. Employers that test applicants or employees in...
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A positive result on a court-ordered drug test does not automatically send someone to jail. It starts a process, and where that process ends depends on...
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Alabama does not force private employers to drug test, and it does not force them to skip it either. What the state offers instead is a...
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Michigan has no single statute that requires or forbids private employer drug testing. There is no Michigan drug free workplace certification program comparable to programs run...
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If your business has a strong commitment to a drug-free environment outlined within a written policy or drug-free workplace program, then you know the importance of...
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Montana is one of the few states with a standalone statute that spells out when and how an employer may test for controlled substances and alcohol....
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