In the News


Friday, July 23rd, 2010
SAMHSA Releases Decade-Long Prescription Drug Study

Monday, July 12th, 2010
Synthetic Marijuana Spurs State Bans

Friday, July 9th, 2010
ODAPC Publishes Final Rule Extending the Date for Mandatory Use of the New Alcohol Testing Form

Friday, July 9th, 2010
Prescription Drug Abuse Not What the Doctor Ordered

Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Misuse of Prescription Drugs Common Among Students

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
“Herbal Incense”: K2, Spice and Synthetic Marijuana

Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Global Strategy to Combat Harmful Use of Alcohol

Monday, April 12th, 2010
CSA2010 Implementation Delayed

Thursday, March 18th, 2010
April is Alcohol Awareness Month

Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Regular Recreational Drug Use Affects Memory

Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Researchers Warn About Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Physicians Collaborate on National Inhalants and Poisons Public Health Campaign

Thursday, March 4th, 2010
More Teens Using Alcohol, Ecstasy and Marijuana

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
More Women Drunk Driving

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
DOT Issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
2010 Winter Olympics Have Tight Control On Drug Testing

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
PHMSA Releases Notice Regarding DAMIS

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Women Face Tough Challenges in Overcoming Addiction

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Study Suggests Tobacco Retail Establishments Near Schools May Increase Teen Smoking

Thursday, December 17th, 2010
Prescription Drug Abuse Increasing Among US Troops

Thursday, December 17th, 2010
Marijuana Use On the Rise; Prescription Drug Abuse Continues Upward Trend

Monday, December 14th, 2009
Teen Marijuana Use Tilts Up

Monday, December 14th, 2009
DOT Random Rates Stay the Same

Friday, December 4th, 2009
Preventing Drug Abuse Among the Boomer Generation

Friday, December 4th, 2009
Federally-Mandated Testing Changes Forthcoming

Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Cocaine Vaccine May Reduce 'Use'

Friday, November 13th, 2009
CO Law Makers To Reign In Medical Marijuana Law

Friday, November 13th, 2009
Government To Regulate NFL Drug Testing?

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Pittsburgh firefighters' union OKs drug testing

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Five Million Americans Attend Self-Help Groups

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Survey Shows Students with Parents who Set and Enforce Clear Rules Less Likely to Report Drug Use

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
More Communities Seeing Prescription Drug Abuse Problems

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Illegal Steroids Still for Sale

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Drug Testing for Foreign Students Urged

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Great Britain To Launch First "Drug Cheat Hotline"

Friday, October 9th, 2009
Canada considers random breath test law

Friday, October 9th, 2009
Help Prevent Workplace Drug Use

Friday, October 9th, 2009
More People Killed by Drugs Than by Car Accidents in Some States

Friday, October 9th, 2009
Cocaine Vaccine Shows Promise for Treating Addiction

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Tools on Drinking Risks

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Background check leads to arrest in 1976 killing

Tuesday, September 25th, 2009
Cocaine Laced with Veterinary Drug

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
NEW YORK Construction Workers caught DRUNK on JOB

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Increases Seen in Teen Drug Use

Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Roadside Drug Testing By Police?

Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Growing Evidence Of Marijuana Smoke's Potential Dangers

Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Navy Stepping Up Drug Testing Program

Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Random Drug Testing For Motorists in Ireland

Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Drug Testing Improves Business

Monday, August 3rd, 2009
US Deputy Drug Czar Speaks on Random Student Drug Testing

Wednesday, July 13, 2009
Drug Testing Policy Gets Favorable Results

Wednesday, July 13, 2009
Jefferson Parish Officials Order Own Drug Testing

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Sammy Sosa Reportedly Failed Prior Drug Test

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Umaga Fired By WWE For Positive Drug Test

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Drunk Driving Campaign Launched in UK

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Drug Tests Show Canadian Military Drug Abuse Hot Spots

Friday, June 5, 2009
LA House Committee Revives LaBruzzo's Welfare Drug Testing Bill

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Court Rejects NC County's Random Drug Tests

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Mayfield Hearing On Drug Test Postponed

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Mallett Suspended For Positive Drug Test

Friday, May 29, 2009
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act Introduced Into House

Friday, May 29, 2009
New Drug Czar Disavows Drug 'War'

Thursday, May 28, 2009
Red Bull Scrutinized After Drug Test Shows Trace Amounts of Cocaine

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
McCumbee Crew Member Fails Drug Test

Sunday, May 24, 2009
ACLU Criticizes NV School District's Drug Tests

Friday, May 22, 2009
Students Sign Up For Random Drug Tests

Friday, May 22, 2009
McKinney School Board Approves Random Drug Testing

Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Random Drug Testing Could Lead To Lawsuit, Says ACLU

Friday, May 15, 2009
DOT Court Case

Friday, May 15, 2009
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds DOT Regulations

Thursday, May 14, 2009
FAA Combines Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Police To Be Drug Tested

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Job Related Drug Tests Show Progress

Friday, May 1, 2009
SAMHSA and FDA Launch Methadone Education Campaign

Monday, April 27th, 2009
Army No Longer Considering Recruits Who Fail Drug Tests

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Random drug tests-the way to go

Thursday, April 16, 2009
Children Living with Substance-Dependent or Substance-Abusing Parents:  2002 to 2007

Friday, April 10, 2009
Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages and Substance Use among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Nonmedical Use of Adderall among Full-Time College Students

Thursday, March 5, 2009
Controversial Drug Testing Bill Moving Forward

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
3/2009 Improving Criminal Justice for People with Alcohol Problems

Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Texas Moves Forward on Drug Testing Bills

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Methamphetamine use costs U.S. $23 billion a year

Monday, January 26th, 2009
Cannabis Becomes Class B Drug

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
The Marijuana Boom

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Acting ONDCP Director Named By Bush Before Leaving Office

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Philippines Plans For Random Drug Testing Of Students and Coast Guard

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Texas Law To Require Drug Testing For Food Stamp Recipients

Friday, January 9th, 2009
DHS postpones E-Verify requirement

Thursday, January 8th, 2009
The NSDUH Report:  Marijuana Use and Perceived Risk of Use among Adolescents:  2002 to 2007

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Bill Introduced To Require States To Implement Drug Testing For Aid Recipients

Friday, January 2nd, 2009
New Ignition Lock Laws Aim to Foil Drunk Drivers

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently published a Final Notice of Revisions to its Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Guidelines).

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
New Zealand Forest Owners Association Paves The Way For Workplace Drug Testing

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
DOT Posts 2009 Random Testing Drug And Alcohol Testing Rates

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
SAMHSA Publishes Corrected Effective Date For Revisions To Guidelines

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Can Amphetamines Help Cure Cocaine Addiction?

Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Amsterdam to Close Many Brothels, Marijuana Cafes

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Trends in Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse, and Treatment among Adolescents:  2002 to 2007

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Call to breath test NSW politicians after MP Andrew Fraser shoved Katrina Hodgkinson

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Saints' McAllister, Vikes' Williamses among suspended

Sunday, November 28th, 2008
Swiss Likely to approve prescription heroin

Sunday, November 28th, 2008
Tainted cocaine linked to 7 cases of illness in Alberta

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
SAMHSA Releases Final Notice to Mandatory Guidelines

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Urine Drug Test for Doctors?

Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Number of Kids on Medication jumps alarmingly

Wednesday, October 28th, 2008
Fifteen of 86 players test positive for drugs at North Texas

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Parents Invent New Ways to Discreetly Detect Their Children’s Drug Use

Monday, October 20th, 2008
Does drinking alcohol shrink your brain?

Friday, July 11, 2008
EDPM is featured in the Andalusia Star

Wednesday, July 02, 2008
S. African addicts turn to AIDS medication to get high

Friday, June 27, 2008
EDPM to Move Office Headquarters

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Major DOT Rule Change

Thursday, June 19, 2008
Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers in Substate Regions

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Employers ponder tough tactics to halt smoking

Saturday, June 14, 2008
Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal Florida Says

Thursday, June 12, 2008
Study Criminal background hits for health care applicants approach 17%

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Smoking linked to mid-life memory loss

Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Americans world's top consumers of cannabis and cocaine

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Energy drinks linked to risky behavior among teenagers

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Taste for Quick Boost Tied to Taste for Risk

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
FDA Panel Nixes 'Abuse-Proof' OxyContin

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Nascar starting to drug test

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