Archive for March 15th, 2007
Disturbing Trend Detected: Drug use Soars
Thursday, March 15th, 2007 Redeer Advocate
Workplace Drug Testing
Drug testing companies are noticing a disturbing trend when it comes to workplace substance abuse.
“About six years ago, we only had a handful of cocaine positives in a year,” said Ed Secondiak, president of ECS Safety Services Ltd. “Now it’s almost half of the fails.”
Jan Chandler, who owns Chandler Consulting [...]
Urine Most Commonly Checked
Thursday, March 15th, 2007Urine is the most common specimen collected for drug testing.
Brent Dawson is optimistic saliva will soon also gain favour.
Dawson’s Red Deer company, Integrated OH&S, has been supplying clients with oral testing devices for about six months.
It can detect marijuana, cocaine, opiates and synthetic opiates, and methamphetamines.
Many businesses rely on drug-testing companies to collect and process [...]
Too High to Fight
Thursday, March 15th, 2007NOW TORONTO
I Usually Offer To Help Soldiers Fail Drug Tests – Not Pass Them
I got some weird and crazy e-mail recently. Among the updates from war resisters groups and pot legalizers was a letter from the wife of a Canadian Forces soldier. The distraught woman was writing to ask my advice because her [...]