Drug Testing

Express Diagnostics announces K2/Spice dip test for onsite screening

February 10, 2012     News release
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Express Diagnostics has announced the release of a rapid on-site urine dip test for K2/Spice. The DrugCheck onsite testing device manufacturer is one of the first in the drug testing industry to offer a K2/Spice test.

BioPharma introduces dual-biomarker alcohol testing kit

February 7, 2012     News release
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BioPharma Institute, distributor of AbuseCheck Hair Alcohol and Drug Testing, has announced the release of its new dual-biomarker testing kit, along with a campaign to make two-pronged approach to alcohol testing the standard in the U.S.

Quantifying the benefits of urine tests

November 17, 2011     Gary A. Enos, Editor
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Acost-benefit analysis released in the fall enumerates some significant financial benefits for regular urine drug testing for patients receiving treatment for chronic pain.

Alcohol monitoring promotes accountability

October 4, 2011     Lavance Northington, MBA
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Technology is literally changing the way we do everything, but are we leveraging technology to our advantage in the substance abuse treatment profession?

Designer drugs proliferate

July 14, 2011     Sumandeep Rana
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Recreational drugs produced in the laboratory have been around since at least the middle of the 20th century, when LSD was first studied. But over the past few years, a new wave of synthesized chemicals, so-called “designer drugs,” have had a significant impact on the drug culture.

Urine testing's role in best practice

May 14, 2011     Peter W. Lee, MA
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Peter W. Lee, MA The addiction treatment field is without question facing some of its most challenging times in light of federal and state budget

Carefully structure the lab arrangement

March 14, 2011     Gary A. Enos, Editor
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Government scrutiny of clinical laboratories that first became a prominent issue several years ago with pain management clinics has begun to capture

Florida pain law could boost testing

February 1, 2011     Gary A. Enos
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A new law designed to stem the proliferation of unregulated “pill mills” in the state of Florida could place additional emphasis on the activities

A two-pronged approach

August 31, 2010     Alison Knopf
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Drug and alcohol testing, commonly used in the workplace as a hiring and firing tool, is used in substance abuse treatment settings for a very

Testing's role in buprenorphine treatment programs

April 30, 2010     Michael Casarico and Jodie Casarico
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Since its introduction in 2002, buprenorphine has proven to be a powerful tool in the treatment of opiate addictions. Buprenorphine curbs the

A boom time for employee protections

January 1, 2010     Gary A. Enos, Editor
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The first bill President Obama signed into law in January 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, extended the amount of time workers can take to