According to a new study published by The Lancet medical journal, alcohol is one of the leading causes of death worldwide being linked to around 2.8 million deaths annually. In 2016, alcohol misuse was the seventh-leading risk factor for premature death and disability globally; among people...
New court rulings have favored medicinal marijuana users who are trying to gain or keep jobs, prompting employers to be wary of changing laws. Last month, a federal court in Connecticut ruled that refusing to hire a medical marijuana user after they tested positive during a...
Please BE CAREFUL if you're planning on running an Motor Vehicle Record check for someone in Wisconsin. MVR checks in Wisconsin require careful attention to detail as they use license number alone to identify which records should be pulled. It is not cross-checked or verified against...
Are fingerprint background checks everything that you think they are? Crime T.V. shows make it seem as though quickly running someone's fingerprints is the quickest way to nab a criminal and find out everything you need to know about them. And while the all-knowing, omniscient databases...
A new two-in-one marijuana and alcohol breathalyzer is poised for release in select cities this fall. Hound Labs Inc, the California company who is developing this pioneering product, announced their hopeful release and claims that this new breathalyzer will be "1 billion times more sensitive than...
Working in the drug testing industry, we've heard a lot of excuses over the years for why a drug test is showing up positive. Our trusted lab partners have definitely heard their fair share as well. We read Quest Diagnostic's article on the many excuses...
Everyone has to deal with the occasional #CrazyCoworker...
Drug testing is essential for all organizations and companies no matter where you work, play or volunteer. Screening helps protect yourself, your employees and your company. With statistics showing that employers lose over 79% of negligent hiring cases and drug abuse costs nearing around $81 billion each...
Vermont has just become the 9th state in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana as of July 1st. Act 86 was signed into law in January by governor Phil Scott who did so with "mixed emotions". Under the law, adults of age 21 and older can now...
The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) recently released the results of their annual background screening survey for 2018. Surveying over 2,000 Human Resource professionals, NAPBS aimed to gauge current views and trends within the background screening industry. Their executive summary stated, "In an increasingly...
