by Natalie Beck

Cheating a drug test is going to become more and more difficult in the future.  People in charge of collecting the specimen are catching cheaters red handed.   Those performing the actual testing of the specimen know what to look out for should something sneak by the collector. Lawsuits are being filed against companies who sell devices aimed to help people beat tests.  People see drug test cheating as a growing problem and are doing what they can to combat it from all angles.

I’ve got not one, but two stories to share with our readers today about this very subject.  First, we have the cheater that was caught red handed.

Man Tries To Beat Drug Test

by Natalie Beck

More and more employers are including both pre-employment and random drug testing as part of their hiring procedure and company policy. As a few companies have learned, this is a VERY good idea as they are now finding many of their prospective employees are testing positive for a variety of illegal drugs. As a person who has been working closely with employeescreenIQ’s client base over the past few years with regards to their drug testing programs, I cannot begin to describe the stories I have heard and what a great idea it is for employers to drug test their employees and potential employees. What you find may surprise you!

If you are thinking about implementing drug testing in your workplace, please contact employeescreenIQ for more information regarding our substance abuse screening services.

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by Jason Morris

I found this article while reading USA Today and felt it might be important to our readers.  Although this has little to do with employment screening and more to do with substance abuse testing its always interesting to show these types of studies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Methamphetamine use continued to decline in nearly every part of the country last year as the government sharpened its crackdown on precursor chemicals used to make the illegal drug.

Overall, the number of workplace employees who tested positive for meth dropped 22% last year, according to a study released Wednesday by New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics Inc., the nation’s largest drug-testing company. Meth use in the Northeast, however, remained steady.

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