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What Are The Popular Drug Test Panels?

If you are an employee, you need to conduct mandatory drug screening for all employees. There are various drug testing panels and choosing which panel you want will depend on your objectives. Here is a basic description of the different panels and the different procedures they follow.
The DOT 5 drug test panel
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What Are the Classifications of Drugs in Substance Abuse?

Drugs are prevalent in the nation today, but it is with the adamant efforts of law enforcement and drug testing employers that drug abuse will be dramatically reduced. In order for this to occur, however, it is always a good idea to classify drugs so that keeping tabs on the types of drugs used most [...]

Hard Question to Ask Yourself: Does your Teenager Use Drugs?

Teenage drug abuse is at an all-time high. No pun intended. Youth between the ages of 12-17 are being reported using illegal drugs. If you are a parent, you know that teenage drug abuse is not an imaginary problem in our society, but instead is a very real, dangerous and quite far spread activity amongst [...]

What Is Different About Prescription Drug Abuse Testing?

Prescription drug abuse is perhaps one of the most common forms of recreational drug use or drug addiction after alcohol and marijuana. Diet pills (speed) and pain medications (narcotics) such as Hydrocodone (Vicodin and Lorcet) and Oxycodone (Percoset and Endoset) are by far the most common prescriptions that are abused, but they not always intentionally [...]

Methadone: Prescription Drug Abuse & Testing

Methadone is a synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming than that. It is frequently used in narcotic detoxification and heroin addiction rehab. It is available by its trade name Dolophine which actually comes from the German word Dolphium that reflects its German Origin as Methadone was developed in Germany in 1937.
Methadone Prescription:
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OxyContin: Prescription Drug Abuse & Testing

OxyContin is an opium derivative, which contains the same active ingredient as in Percodan and Percocet. OxyContin is a very strong narcotic pain reliever similar to morphine. OxyContin is designed so that its oxycodone salt is slowly released over time. OxyContin products are in schedule II of the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 in [...]